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Coordinates: 30°42′52″N 103°46′57″W / 30.71444°N 103.78250°W / 30.71444; -103.78250
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Wild Rose Pass is a gap in the Davis Mountains in Jeff Davis County, Texas. It lies at an elevation of 4,554 feet / 1,388 meters.[1]

History

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Wild Rose Pass was where travelers on the San Antonio-El Paso Road passed into the uplands of West Texas, bypassing a narrows in Limpia Canyon on its way to Fort Davis.

The site today

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Wild Rose Pass is today along the route of Texas State Highway 17 northeast of Fort Davis, Texas.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wild Rose Pass

30°42′52″N 103°46′57″W / 30.71444°N 103.78250°W / 30.71444; -103.78250

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