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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15L5_jeff-davis-county-jail_Fort-Davis-TX.html
The community of Fort Davis grew up around the military post of the same name, established by the U.S. Army in 1854 to protect travelers on the San Antonio-El Paso Road. Fort Davis was designated as the Presidio county seat when the county was org…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15K0_t-sgt-manuel-s-gonzales_Fort-Davis-TX.html
F Co. 2nd Bat. 142nd Inf. Reg. 36th Inf. Div. At Salerno, 9, Sept. 1943, alone: 4 machine gun nests, one mortar squad, one 88mm gun, wounded?kept going. At Cassino: knocked out Mark IV tank with a bazooka.
Distinguished Service Cross, Silver St…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15JZ_jeff-davis-county-courthouse_Fort-Davis-TX.html
Designed by the architectural firm of l. L. Thurman and Co. of Dallas, this building was erected in 1910-1911 and replaced the original 1880 adobe courthouse. This concrete and stone Classical Revival edifice, erected by the Falls City Constructio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15JY_first-rural-school_Fort-Davis-TX.html
Built 1881 of adobe brick, by settlers P. H. Pruett, Cal Nations, James Dawson, Joe Dorsey. At the same time Pruett built home a half-mile west. A Texas Rangers' camp in area gave protection from Indians. Mrs. Pruett once made a midnight ride to a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14KM_barry-scobee-mountain_Fort-Davis-TX.html
Camp grounds and lookout post (1850's-1880's) for military, mail coaches, freighters, travelers, emigrants. Site of area's last Indian raid, 1881. Part of John G. Prude Ranch.
Named by Gov. John Connally Dec. 21, 1964, to honor Barry Scobee who…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14K1_wild-rose-pass_Fort-Davis-TX.html
In early days the Indian trail through these mountains followed the gorge below known as Limpia Canyon. To avoid the floods travellers over the San Antonio - El Paso Road, emigrants, U.S. troops and supply trains, and the mail cose this higher pas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMZWW_pioneer-cemetery_Fort-Davis-TX.html
Used from 1870s to 1914. Settlers buried here include: Mr. and Mrs. Diedrick Dutchover, immigrants from Belgium and Spain; their surname, coined by a recruiter in the Mexican War, is borne by many descendants.
Dolores, who on her wedding eve l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYQR_jeff-davis-county_Fort-Davis-TX.html
Formed from Presidio County. Created March 15, 1887. Organized May 16, 1887. Named in honor of Jefferson Davis. 1806-1868. President of the Confederate States. Fort Davis, County Seat, Presidio County, 1875. County Seat, Jeff Davis County, since …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWRZ_confederate-president-jefferson-davis_Fort-Davis-TX.html
Friend of Texas. Visited first as officer Mexican War 1847. As U.S. Secretary of War in 1855, built up frontier forts to open West Texas to settlers. Camels imported for patrols, hauling. His Postmaster-General and personal aide were Texans, as we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHIS_mcdonald-observatory-of-the-university-of-texas_Fort-Davis-TX.html
Original unit in complex forming one of the great observatory centers of the world. Built in the 1930s under terms of legacy from William Johnson McDonald (1844-1926), a Paris (Texas) banker interested in the stars. A well-educated man, McDonald l…