Fletcher and Donley Stage Station

In the 1870s and 1880s, this was a rest stop on a military and stage line that serviced wagon trains, buffalo hide caravans, cattle herds, and a mail pick-up station. Former buffalo hunter-scout Ed Fletcher ran it with partners Jimmie Donley, the head cook, and Tobe Robinson, all of whom had been Indian fighters. The station consisted of a log cabin with a sod roof where springtime flowers grew, two other buildings, a brush arbor shading the cabin door, and a nearby pump. In 1882, the first election in the area that became Hemphill County was held here.

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