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Old Fort Davis Monument in the Jeff Davis County Courthouse grounds

Description: OLD FORT DAVIS C.S.A. CONFEDERATE SUPPLY POINT AND FRONTIER OUTPOST ON GREAT MILITARY ROAD FROM SAN ANTONIO TO EL PASO 1861-62. AFTER SURRENDERED BY U.S.ARMY, OCCUPIED BY DETACHMENT 2ND TEXAS MOUNTED RIFLES. APACHES AMBUSHED PATROL FROM FORT UNDER LT.MAYS IN BIG BEND AREA AUGUST 1861. USED BY TEXAS CONFEDERATE TROOPS EN ROUTE TO AND FROM NEW MEXICO-ARIZONA COMPAIGN TO STOP FLOW OF GOLD TO NORTH AND GAIN ACCESS TO PACIFIC. TWO CANNONS BURIED NEARBY ON RETURN HAVE NEWER BEEN FOUND OCCUPIED BRIEEL… more
Date: August 5, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.

[Photograph of a Path with Shrubs]

Description: Photograph of a West Texas wash on the Sproul Ranch. A wash is the dry bed of an intermittent creek.
Date: August 6, 2005
Creator: Belden, Dreanna L.
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