Details for One Mile to Ruins of Camp Verde

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507020166

Data

Marker Number 20166
Atlas Number 5507020166
Marker Title One Mile to Ruins of Camp Verde
Index Entry Camp Verde, One Mile to Ruins of
Address
City Camp Verde
County Kerr
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 486501
UTM Northing 3324067
Subject Codes
Marker Year 1936
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location
Private Property
Marker Condition
Marker Size 1936 Texas Centennial - historical marker (pink granite and bronze)
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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