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This Kimble County landmark was named for a nearby canyon from which trees were cut for telegraph poles in the Mid-19th century. The store and post office were built about 1890-1900. The first commissioned postmistress was Ruth Holmes in 1900. For many years this has been the stopover place for vacationers along nearby south Llano River and travelers enroute to points south. The telegraph post office was the Kimble County address of Texas Governor Coke R. Stevenson. The site retains the rustic charm of its early years, and has served the community for a century.

Note - This place looked abandoned to me when I visited. The marker was put up in 1996 so I wouldn't trust it as a reliable source on it's current state.
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Telegraph Store and Post Office, Telegraph, Texas

Author Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas
Camera location30° 19′ 43″ N, 99° 54′ 24.03″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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