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Monahans From Gay Nineties to Modern Bustle Emerges
Fifty five years after the Texas & Pacific Railway reached Sierra Blanca, Monahans grows from a box car depot into a bustling town. Early history recalls hotels, grocers, a beer hall, telegraph, depots, and a string of merchants from Wren to Marberry, with stages to Grandfalls and Fort Stockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas & Pacific Railway
Sierra Blanca
Sandhills
New York
Monahans
Toyah
Big Spring
W. B. Jones
Eskota
A. Tannehill
Jones
J. M. Keithley
Montague County
Keithley
Tredido
N. M
F. W. Melvin
Ranger
Texas & Pacific
Pecos
Melvin
A. H. Birchfield
R. A. Dorsett
Dorsett
H. A. Wren
Springtown
Parker County
Wren
M MW
BF. J. Garrett
John F. Marberry
Breckenridge
Monahans Drug Co
Marberry
W. W. Overby
Odessa
Overby
E. G. Tatum
Garrett
Garrett Mercantile Co
Grandfalls
James R. Holman
Ft. Stockton
Quincy
Mass
J. F. Hull
William James
H. C. Cantrell
W. D. Queen
Queen
California
Essary
Masonic Hall
Essary’s
M. M. Cox
Tannehill
Simpson
Portales
Cox
Graundfalls
Yellow Front
J. J. Thompson
Roswell
Chas. Utley
W. C. McAfee
J. W. Deas
Brownwood
J. C. Williamson
Garrett Mercantile
A. H. Garrett
W. R. Beatty
Beatty
Garrison Tin Shop
Tin Lizzies
Garrett Garage
T. B. Pruett
Pruett Lumber Co
J. H. Miller
Barstow
Miller
William Adams
Ohio
Pruett
Adams
Hudler
D. Hogg
Texas Electric Service Co
Green
W. E. Dyer
Dyer
Fort Worth
J. S. Simpson
North Plains
T. B. Brashears & Son
Garrett Co
Brashears and
Trueheart
W.B. Jones
J. M. Frame
P. M
Burro
Santa Lucia
M. E. Moore