Details for Camp Rio Frio, C.S.A.
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5311000674
Data
| Marker Number | 674 |
| Atlas Number | 5311000674 |
| Marker Title | Camp Rio Frio, C.S.A. |
| Index Entry | Camp Rio Frio, C.S.A. |
| Address | |
| City | |
| County | McMullen |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 544344 |
| UTM Northing | 3148705 |
| Subject Codes | Civil War; forts; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1964 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | On Highway 16 1/2 miles north of intersection of Highway 16 and Highway 72 (across from Caja Hill), Tilden. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | A Civil War home guard post, acting as buffer to protect older settlements from Apaches and bandits. Scattered local men were members of the 29th Brigade, Texas Militia. Picket homes with dirt floors. Diet of prickly pear salad and fruit, Spanish dagger blooms, hominy, turkey, quail and deer meat. Homespun and linsey clothing dyed blue with Brazil root or gold with agarita. Such was local scene the home guard protected. Camp Rio Frio was later Dogtown, then became Tilden. It proved itself in a rugged era. (1964) |