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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM129D_montalvo-house_Brackettville-TX.html
Yldefonso Montalvo (1855-1941), also known by the name Obed Woods, built this dwelling about 1887. He used cedar pickets, caliche plaster, and other materials available in the area. Originally the kitchen and several outbuildings stood nearby. The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM122S_kinney-county-courthouse_Brackettville-TX.html
Human inhabitation of Kinney County began thousands of years ago. Spanish expeditions through the area began in 1535 and continued throughout subsequent centuries. An attempt at establishing a Franciscan mission in 1775 failed, as did settlement b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11KZ_fort-clark-historic-district_Brackettville-TX.html
Fort Clark Historic District has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior listed December 6, 1979
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11J3_2nd-cavalry-division-at-fort-clark_Brackettville-TX.html
In response to the U.S. experience during World War I, the army organized the 1st and 2nd Cavalry Divisions in 1921. However, the 2nd Cavalry Division was not activated until 1941 at Fort Riley, Kansas. Among the units assigned were the 9th and 10…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11J2_las-moras-masonic-lodge-building_Brackettville-TX.html
Built in 1878-1879 to serve as the first county-owned courthouse for Kinney County, this structure served that purpose for thirty-two years. In 1911 it became the headquarters of the Las Moras Masonic Lodge, which was chartered in 1876. While the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11J0_1873-infantry-barracks_Brackettville-TX.html
Fort Clark by 1873 had grown to regimental size, compelling construction of six single-story infantry barracks and three two-story cavalry barracks by the U.S. Army Quartermaster Department. This one-story rectangular plan barracks was built of co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11IZ_palisado-building-kitchen-mess-room_Brackettville-TX.html
This structure was built by the U.S. Army in 1869-70 and is an example of vertical post or jacal construction, used due to the absence of trees tall enough for traditional horizontal log construction. African American "Buffalo Soldiers" of the 25t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11IY_staff-officers-quarters_Brackettville-TX.html
The U.S. Army built nine stone officers' quarters at Fort Clark beginning in 1873. The need soon arose for additional housing for senior staff officers, and this building was constructed in 1888. Built in a T-plan, the two-story stone duplex featu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11IS_commanding-officers-quarters_Brackettville-TX.html
Fort Clark was established as a U.S. Army garrison in June 1852. Nine structures designed by U.S. Army engineers were built in 1873-1874 to house the fort's officers. This house served the fort's commanding officers, including Col. Ranald S. Macke…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11I8_officers-row-quarters_Brackettville-TX.html
Fort Clark was established as a U.S. Army garrison in 1852. The original quarters were crude log huts and houses of palisade construction. In 1857, a new program began to replace badly dilapidated structures with buildings of quarried stone.
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