Reeves County

Historical marker location:

Cedar & 1st St., Pecos, Texas

( Cedar and First Sts. (West of Pecos Museum)in the Museum Courtyard Pecos)

Marker installed: 1936

Marker size: 1936 Centennial - Highway Marker (pink granite)

Formed from Pecos County, created April 14, 1883. Organized November 4, 1884. Named in honor of George Robertson Reeves 1826-1882. A colonel in the Confederate army; member of the Texas Legislature. Pecos, the county seat. (1936)

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