​Reichenau Gap

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Marker Text: For more than 100 years, travelers followed road from Mason to Junction through this pass. The earliest known Anglo settlers were the Frank Putman family, who settled approximately one mile northeast from Reichenau Gap. The geologic feature was named for Adolph A. Reichenau, a German emigrant who purchased the improved land from Frank Putman and settled in the Big Saline Valley in 1862. Reichenau moved from the area after losing over forty horses in three separate raids by native Americans in 1868 and 1869. Reichenau lived the remainder of his life in the Simonsville community in Mason County, and is buried, along with his family, in the Reichenau Cemetery near his home there. (1966, 2008) 

Original 1966 marker had a slightly different text and was a 14 x 24 Subject marker- For more than 100 years, travelers followed road from Mason to Junction through this pass. Named for Adolph A. Reichenau, a German emigrant who settled near pass in 1860 as an early landholder in nearby Big Saline Valley. He moved in 1866 because of Indian depredations.  (1966) 

Marker No: 4238

ALuminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker 

Geographic: N 30° 39.178 W 099° 35.26

Location: 1.5 miles southwest of London on US 377