Toyah

Toyah, the oldest townsite in Reeves County, takes its name from an Indian word for flowing water. Before the railroad, W. T. Youngblood came in a covered wagon with a stock of goods, peddling ranch to ranch while he built a one-room adobe store. By October 20, 1881, the place was a town of tents, saloons and restaurants, and by year's end a stage line ran six times a week each way to Fort Stockton and Fort Davis. Toyah reached 1,062 people in 1914, then lost its cattle shipping to Toyahvale.

What the plaque says

Toyah Began as division point, 1881, on T. & P. Railway, with shops, roundhouse, hotel, cafe. Water was hauled from Monahans and sold by the barrel. Stage took passengers and mail to Brogado. 1882 cattle shipping brought cowboy-detective Charles Siringo here to look for rustlers. (1964)

Where it stands

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