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Burgess' Water Hole

TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 30° 22' 22.1988", -103° 39' 32.0976"

Texas State
Historical Marker

Burgess' Water Hole, called San Lorenzo by Juan Dominguez de Mendoza,1684. Later Charco Alzate in honor of an Apache chieftain. Water hole honoring John W. Burgess, pioneer freighter who here outwitted the Apaches. The emigrant road to California by the way of Chihuahua passed this place.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Burgess' Water Hole Historical Marker Location Map, Texas