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helpful. I had the marvelous opportunity to investigate the Roy W.
Aldrich Collection which the college had recently purchased. Several
priceless volumes on Texas in the 185o's were a great boon to me.
An old Army buddy, Leon Cline, was quite hospitable to us while
we were in Alpine. He and John Lee discussed Yogi, and all the
things that had happened to them since 1956.
Heading north toward Fort Davis on Wednesday afternoon we en-
joyed the lower part of the Davis Mountains, for the weather was
still dampening our spirits-this time in the form of snow. But the
warm office of the Justice of the Peace at Fort Davis was indeed a
comfort: Barry Scobee introduced us to a great deal of Fort Davis
history. His "Thousand Dollar Book" containing old Fort Davis rec-
ords copied from Federal microfilm had several references we could
use. The Fort was established in 1854, and on several occasions the
soldiers stationed there were involved in doing justice to the Indians
attacking the San Antonio-San Diego Mail.
We paused briefly to shake our heads at the crumbling ruins of the
old fort. Then up Wild Rose Pass on State Highway 17 we drove.
We looked longingly up Limpia Canyon as we bypassed it on our
way to reach U. S. Highway 29o to the north. The old stage route
left Wild Rose Pass at Limpia Canyon, turning eastward to climb to
the stage stand near Barilla Springs. These springs reportedly mark
the point of junction of the boundaries of Reeves, Jeff Davis, and
Pecos counties. Thence eastward across the countryside to Leon Hole
and on to Comanche Springs, now within the city-limits of Fort
Stockton.
Ah! 1 Conozca usted, La Sangrita de La Viuda? I was sure it was a
mystery the Fort Stockton Historical Society was currently involved
in solving. So I readily accepted the invitation of Dr. J. D. Sibley,
Jr., to bring husband and children to visit his family at their home
near the local hospital. We were welcomed at the door by the doctor
and ushered into an interesting room filled with lovely antiques.
After a moment's exchange of credentials we were confronted by a
bottle filled with a mysterious red liquid. This, we were informed,
was La Sangrita de La Viuda-indigenous chaser for tequilla.
On to Sheffield, the next day, we crossed the Pecos and soon viewed
the tall chimney that heralds the ruins of Fort Lancaster. Finding the
gate locked which led into the ruins, we followed our noses looking
for the most logical place for the trail to mount the ridge just east of
the river. We succeeded in losing ourselves with strange insight. As
we left the highway to follow the river we actually got out of sight
of the old trail, but we did run into the very person we needed at
that moment. B. B. Ingham, Jr., owns seventeen sections of range
along the Pecos and is an avid collector of artifacts left by the Indians
and the Spanish. He was at his ranch-house on Thursday the 23rd556
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Texas State Historical Association. The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 62, July 1958 - April, 1959, periodical, 1959; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth101173/m1/657/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas State Historical Association.