Historical Marker
San Solomon Spring
Historical marker location:
SH 17, off IH 10 at Balmorhea State Park, Balmorhea State Park, Texas
( At Balmorhea State Park, off SH 17, 4 miles S. of IH-10, at bathhouse)
Marker installed: 1964
Called "Mescalero Spring" in 1849, when watering corn and peaches of the Mescalero Apaches. To Ft. Davis soldiers, 1856, was "Head Spring". Present name given by first permanent settlers, Mexican farmers. Miller, Lyles and Murphy in 1871 began large-scale commercial irrigation. Murphy built first canals. (1964).