Site of Original Headquarters of the Quitaque Ranch
Established by the Baker brothers in 1877; bought in 1880 for Mrs. Cornelia Adair by Charles Goodnight. Together with the Palo Duro ranches it embraced more than one million acres acquired by Goodnight in 1887, later broken into smaller tracts.
34.2807° N, 101.0976° W
Where to Find It
Gray Mule Cemetery (Edgin Cemetery), FM 689, 2 mi. W of FM 1065, on Caprock Canyons State Park Nature Trail
Nearby Markers
- 2.5 mi NE Camp Resolution of the Texan Santa Fe Expedition South Plains
- 6.4 mi NE Gasoline Cotton Gin Quitaque
- 7.2 mi NE Resthaven Cemetery Quitaque
- 8.6 mi N Trading Area of Jose Tafoya and other Comancheros Quitaque
- 9.4 mi N Lake Theo Folsom Bison Kill Site Quitaque
- 13 mi N William E. Schott Silverton