Marker Number: 3826 
Marker Title: Camp Springs 
Index Entry: Camp Springs, Town of; Old 
Address: FM 1673 & 1614 
City: Snyder 
County: Scurry 
UTM Zone: 14 
UTM Easting: 341465 
UTM Northing: 3625962 
Subject Codes: AC; GT; RD 
Year Marker Erected: 1967 
Designations: na 
Marker Location: From Snyder take FM 1673 about 13 miles to intersection with FM 1614
 and Marker. 
Marker Size: 18" x 28" 
Repairs Completed:  
Marker Text: Named for W. H. Camp, an early settler who built a dugout in 1878 at springs,
 one-half mile northwest of here. Petrified trees--one 300 feet tall--
and bones of prehistoric animals have been found in area. Tools, pictographs
 in nearby cave indicate Indians camped here. Emigrant trail to California, 
blazed in 1849 by Army Captain R. B. Marcy, came through region. General Robert E. Lee
 followed part of same trail searching for hostile Comanches in 1856. Both men made camp
 at Green Springs, six miles southwest. Post office was established, 1891.
 Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967.