| What is it? |
The Pinery Station is the last standing ruin of a Butterfield Overland Mail station that’s close to a major thoroughfare! |
| What makes it historical? |
Surveyor Henry Ramstein maintained this small, three-bedroom station on the Butterfield Overland Mail route from St. Louis to San Francisco. It was named for the heavy pine stockade that kept it safe from Apache attacks, and four times a week, the stop would service wagons in need of rest, repair, or supplies! This station only operated for 11 months from the winter of 1858 until August 1859 before a new route via Fort Stockton and Fort Davis, made this station obsolete! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? |
HERE’S HOW:
- Pay the entrance fee to help maintain trails, signs, structures, and other visitor services!
- Volunteer at Guadalupe Mountains National Park!
- Be a responsible visitor! Please respect the signs and pathways, and treat all structures and artifacts with respect. They’ve endured a lot to survive into the present. They’ll need our help to make it into the future!
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| Where is this place? |
The station is down a 1/3-mile trail from the Guadalupe Mountains National Park Visitor Center:
400 Pine Canyon Dr
Salt Flat, TX 79847
From Austin: ~493mi (794km) — 8.3hrs
From Dallas: ~516mi (831km) — 8.6hrs
From El Paso: ~114mi (184km) — 1.9hrs
From Houston: ~653mi (1051km) — 10.9hrs |
| When should I go? |
Whenever the mood strikes you! |
