Site of Mail Relay Station

By 1903, W.J. French and Mary E. French had built a two-story home near this site that served as a stop for freighters from the Texas & Pacific Railroad. Freighter rigs usually consisted of two wagons drawn by several horses, and the Frenches provided a campground, water, hot meals, and a horse pen. Cattle drovers also rested here as they traveled through the area. In 1905, the French home became a stop on a mail route from Lamesa, then known as Chicago, through Brownfield to Gomez, a 40-mile trip. The mail hacks also carried passengers. The mail service ended in 1910 when the route was changed.

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