Ritchey Hotel, 1886
102 E. Murphy Ave., Alpine, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1886
EST. 1886
1886
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Ritchey Hotel, 1886.
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 Ritchey Hotel, 1886
The Ritchey Hotel was built in 1886 of frame and adobe facing the old cattle loading pens on the Southern Pacific Railway in Alpine, Texas. It provided lodging and a saloon for cowhands and ranchers shipping cattle from the scattered ranches of the Big Bend country. It thus served the region's cattle trade at a key rail shipping point.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Ritchey Hotel, 1886
1886 frame and adobe. Built facing old cattle loading pens on the Southern Pacific Railway. Lodgings and saloon for cowhands and ranchers in town to ship cattle from widely scattered ranches of the Big Bend country. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965. Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5043004276
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