Marfa Lights
5 mile E of Marfa along US 67/90, Marfa, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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1883
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Marfa Lights.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Marfa Lights
Unexplained lights first recorded near Marfa by rancher Robert Ellison in 1883 have been reported in the area for over a century. Observers described the lights changing color, moving, and varying in intensity, prompting theories from campfires to swamp gas and static electricity. Scholars later documented dozens of local folk tales built around the lights.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Marfa Lights
The Marfa Lights, mysterious and unexplained lights that have been reported in the area for over one hundred years, have been the subject of many theories. The first recorded sighting of the lights was by rancher Robert Ellison in 1883. Variously explained as campfires, phosphorescent minerals, swamp gas, static electricity, St. Elmo's fire, and "ghost lights", the lights reportedly change colors, move about, and change in intensity. Scholars have reported over seventy-five local folk tales dealing with the unexplained phenomenon. (1988) Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5377003208
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