Presidio County Courthouse frelsburg-texas the birthplace of the "King

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Both railroads shared a passenger depot

Presidio County Courthouse frelsburg-texas the birthplace of the "KingIn 1882, the Galveston, Harrisburg, and San Antonio Railroad built the southern transcontinental railroad through Marfa, Texas, instead of the county seat, Fort Davis, to avoid the mountains. Three years later, voters elected to move the county seat to Marfa, and a new courthouse would be required. Nineteen architects, in 1886, competed in a design contest for the contract to build the new courthouse in Presidio County, Texas. Col. J. H. Britton and