Details for Site of Camp Verde

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5265004748

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Marker Number 4748
Atlas Number 5265004748
Marker Title Site of Camp Verde
Index Entry Camp Verde, Site of
Address Camp Verde Road
City Kerrville
County Kerr
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 488430
UTM Northing 3306638
Subject Codes forts; military topics
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location From Kerrville take SH 173 S approximately 13 miles to Camp Verde. Marker is on farm road .5 miles W of Camp Verde Store.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 1936 Centennial Marker (gray granite)
Marker Text Established as a frontier post by the United States Army, July 8, 1855; headquarters in 1856 for 40 camels, sent by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, to be used in a system of overland communication with the west, which proved impracticable. Surrendered to the Confederate government in 1861; reoccupied in 1865 by the United States Army; abandoned April 1, 1869.

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