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Blue Gap Post Office

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FM 382 & FM 1770 intersection, Winters, TX, USA
 
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     First post office in Runnels County. Named for Gap in Table Mountain. Established Feb. 14, 1878; used until transferred in 1882 to the town of Content 2 miles north. Last postmaster was A. A. Hanscomb. The one-room structure has hand-hewn cedar rafters, hand-made shingle roof and walls of roughly-hewn logs. Also served as a stop on the Round Rock to Buffalo Gap stage route. Cabin was recently restored. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1966?

This page last updated: 7/15/2008