RUSTLER SPRINGS -TARVER-SULPHURIA
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RUSTLER SPRINGS -TARVER-SULPHURIA |
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NAME: Rustler springs -tarver-sulphuria COUNTY: Culberson ROADS: 2WD GRID: 2 CLIMATE: Never a problem BEST TIME TO VISIT: Any time |
COMMENTS:
Rustler spring. Later changed to tarver. Later changed to sulphuria. Postoffice 1908/1910. 1920/1969. REMAINS: Duval sulphur plant remains |
| Tovar , originally, becamesulphuria, then becamerustler springs. Located 42 mi n of kent and 5 mi w of the reeves county line in east central culberson county. Since the early 1900's the town has been the site of a sulfur plant. A post office known as tarver operated there from 1908 until 1910 with j. F. Carter as postmaster. A second local post office, named sulphuria, operated in the 1920's. After the atchison, topeka and sf rr built a 22 mi spur south from new mexico to the duval sulphur plant in 1969, the site became known as rustler springs, named for the rustler hills to the west. Submitted by: Samuel W McWhorter |
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