Twin Chimneys
Post, Garza County, Texas
Marker Inscription
(100 Yards North) Used as a landmark in the 19th century by surveyors sighting from Duffy's Peak, located ten miles northeast. Jasper Hays, earliest recorded surveyor of this area, used the peaks during 1877-78 for charting the Llano Ranch, later bought by C. W. Post, the cereal king. Hays established, in addition, lines from which section surveys were made. Civil engineer A. L. Marhoff, using the original field notes and book of Hays, surveyed the land bought by Post, 1906. This included the section on which the town of Post was founded, 1907, as well as other property. 1970
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
These twin peaks served as a surveyor's landmark in the nineteenth century, sighted from Duffy's Peak ten miles northeast. Jasper Hays, the earliest recorded surveyor here, used them in 1877–78 to chart the Llano Ranch — land later bought by cereal king C. W. Post — and to establish the base lines for section surveys. Using Hays's original field notes, engineer A. L. Marhoff resurveyed Post's purchase in 1906, including the section where the town of Post was founded in 1907.
Why it matters
Survey landmarks like Twin Chimneys made the orderly division and settlement of the West possible, turning open range into mapped, saleable land.
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Related people
- · Jasper Hays
- · A. L. Marhoff
- · C. W. Post
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