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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UTF_the-howze-house-historical_Fort-Bliss-TX.html
These quarters are named for Major General Robert L. Howze (1864-1926), Commanding General, El Paso Military District and 1st Cavalry Division. During World War I, he commanded the 38th Division and later the 3rd Division. In 1919 General Howze as…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1URY_wilson-park-historical_Fort-Bliss-TX.html
Captain John Stanton Wilson was born 11 January 1941 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was commissioned through the New Mexico National Guad in 1965, and called to active duty in February 1966. Severely wounded during his first tour in Vietnam, he ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RXU_mexican-war-refugee-camp_Fort-Bliss-TX.html
On November 5, 1913, Pancho Villa's revolutionary forces attacked Chihuahua City, Mexico. Mexican Federal Administrators, Mexican Army troops and their families, and many other refugees evacuated the city. They traveled east to Ojinaga via train a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RXT_polk-house_El-Paso-TX.html
These quarters are dedicated to GEN James Hilliard Polk (1911-1992). As newlyweds, LT and Mrs. Polk lived here in the late 1930s, when he served with the 8th Cavalry Regiment. During World War II, he commanded 3rd Cavalry Group as it spearheaded a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RXR_abrams-house_El-Paso-TX.html
These Quarters are dedicated to GEN Creighton Williams Abrams, Jr. (1914-1974). LT and Mrs. Abrams lived here in the late 1930s, when he was with the 1st Cavalry Division. He later served in World War II, when he commanded the 37th Tank Battalion …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RXQ_hinman-hall_El-Paso-TX.html
Hinman Hall, named for Brigadier General Dale Durkee Hinman who commanded the Antiaircraft Artillery Training Center at Fort Bliss in 1943, was the administrative headquarters for the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery School for over 50 years. It wa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RXO_quarters-213-chaparral-house_El-Paso-TX.html
These quarters are named in honor of both the Chaparral bird (or "Roadrunner"), native to the desert southwest, and the Chaparral Air Defense Missile System. This weapon is a highly mobile, heat-seeking short range missile, effective against all t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1RXM_william-wallace-smith-bliss-monument_Fort-Bliss-TX.html
North face:
Buena Vista
W. W. S. Bliss
Lt. Col. U S Army
Born at Whitehall, N. Y.
August 17, 1815
Died at Pascagoula, Mississippi
August 5, 1853
West face:
Monterey
Admitted a Cadet at West Point 1829
Promoted Bvt. 2d LT 4th Infy July…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ROE_building-1372_Fort-Bliss-TX.html
This Wagon Scales Building was built in 1918 with a weighing platform on its south side. The building was part of Forage Yard No. 1, which provisioned cavalry horses from 1919 until 1943. Two granaries, a small stone latrine and eleven open hayshe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ROC_historical-building-241-the-guardhouse-1893_Fort-Bliss-TX.html
Captain George Ruhlen designed a series of buildings along a central parade field for the newly appointed Fort Bliss at Lanoria Mesa. Building 241 originally served as the guardhouse for Fort Bliss and is a contributing element of the Fort Bliss H…