“Indian marker trees…were the first ‘road signs…’ Marker trees were bent to guide travelers to significant locations such as campsites, water sources, river crossings, and other important natural features.” – Carol Dawson with Roger Allen Polson, Miles and Miles of Texas…
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My novel is set in 1886, on a Big Bend ranch, south of the town of Marathon. As best I can tell from my fairly diligent research, Marathon at that time had roughly 50 inhabitants, and the local watering hole…