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10487 Barry Scobee Mountain take SH 17 N approx. 1 mi. (6300 ft. elev.) Camp grounds and lookout post (1850s-1880s) for military, mail coaches, freighters, travelers, emigrants. Site of area's last Indian ... 10473 Bloys Camp Meeting take SH 17 S approx. 2 miles to SH 166; then W on SH 166 approx. 23 miles Held each year since 1890. Founded by Rev. W. B. Bloys, a Presbyterian. His camp pulpit was an Arbuckle Coffee crate. First campers, 48 people from ...

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10474 Confederate President Jefferson Davis Courthouse grounds (NE corner); For Davis (1808-1889) Friend of Texas. Visited first as officer Mexican War 1847. As U. S. Secretary of War in 1855, built up frontier forts to open West Texas ...

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10476 First Baptist Church of Fort Davis 111 Agave Street The Rev. L. R. Millican and the Rev. D. B. Rose established this church in 1896 with six charter members. Services were held on alternate Sundays ... 10477 First Rural School West of Pecos River take SH 118 SE approx. 11 miles to ROW, located in pull-out near Kokernot Creek Built 1881 of adobe brick, by settlers P. H. Pruett, Cal Nations, James Dawson, Joe Dorsey. At the same time Pruett built home a half-mile north. ... 10478 Fort Davis Fort Davis National Historic Site, Hwy. 17/118 intersection, Fort Davis, located near the parking lot Established by Lieut. Col. Washington Seawell with six companies of the Eighth U.S. Infantry in October 1854 for protecting travelers on the San ... 17051 Fort Davis United Methodist Church Front Street & Woodward Ave. [no text--medallion only]

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18197 Granado Mountain One mile north of the junction of Hwy 118 N and Hwy 17 N. Adjacent to "Barry Scobee Mountain" historical marker. The 6,076-foot high peak traditionally known as Granado Mountain or La Granada was named for Trinidad Granado (1868-1958), a rancher whose ranch ... 18381 Grierson-Sproul House 901 West Court Avenue This masonry residence resembles other buildings in the community, including several officer’s quarters at the military post of Fort Davis. Completed ...

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10479 Hotel Limpia NW corner off Courthouse Square Named for a nearby creek, was built here by the Union Trading Company in 1912. With a doctor's office, drugstore, stylish guest rooms, and spacious ...

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10475 Jeff Davis County in triangle median at the intersection of SH 118 and SH 17 (near County Courthouse Square) Formed from Presidio County. Created March 15, 1887. Organized May 16, 1887. Named in honor of Jefferson Davis. 1806-1868. President of the Confederate ... 12368 Jeff Davis County Courthouse at the intersection of SH 17 and SH 118 in Fort David Designed by the architectural firm of l. L. Thurman and Co. of Dallas, this building was erected in 1910-1911 and replaced the original 1880 adobe ... 16485 Jeff Davis County Jail Fort Davis, 100 West Woodward Avenue THE COMMUNITY OF FORT DAVIS GREW UP AROUND THE MILITARY POST OF THE SAME NAME, ESTABLISHED BY THE U.S. ARMY IN 1854 TO PROTECT TRAVELERS ON THE SAN ...

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10480 McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas take SH 118 W approx. 11.5 miles to the top of Mt. Locke McDonald Observatory Original unit in complex forming one of the great observatory centers of the world. Built in the 1930s under terms of legacy from William Johnson ...

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10482 Old Fort Davis C. S. A. Courthouse grounds (Star and Wreath) Confederate supply point and frontier outpost on great military road from San Antonio to El Paso 1861-62. After surrendered by ...

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10483 Pioneer Cemetery go SE on SH 118 approx. 1 mile Used from 1870s to 1914. Settlers buried here include: Mr. and Mrs. Diedrick Dutchover, immigrants from Belgium and Spain; their surname, coined ... 10485 Prude Ranch SH 118, 6 mi W, Fort Davis Andrew Prude purchased three sections of land here in 1897 from J. F. Taylor, and established the A. G. Prude Ranch. Soon he moved his wife Ora to ...

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10484 Ruins of the Ranch Home of Manuel Musquiz take SH 118 SE approx. 7 miles Ruins of the ranch home of Manuel Musquiz, a pioneer who settled here in 1854 - Abandoned due to Indian Raids - The deserted buildings served as ...

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10486 San Antonio-El Paso Road corner of 3rd and Fort St. (in front of museum) Westward expeditions opened trails from San Antonio to El Paso in the late 1840s. Two routes, called the upper and lower roads, converged at the ... 17533 Smith-Carlton Adobe House 940 S. Front St. In 1873, Archie Smith, a former Buffalo Soldier in the 24th U.S. Infantry at Fort Davis, built a home on 160 acres near the base of Dolores Mountain ... 11945 St. Joseph Catholic Church SH 17/118, Fort Davis Catholic clergy began serving residents of the Fort Davis area about 1872. Father Joseph Hoban was appointed pastor in 1876 and the First St Joseph ...

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10488 Trueheart House 4 blocks S of Courthouse Square; corner of 7th and Court St. An excellent example of a Queen Anne style house executed in native stone, adobe, and milled wood, this house was built about 1898 as a summer home ...

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10489 Union Mercantile N of the Courthouse Square Founded 1873 by O. M. Keesey and Geo. Gaither in adobe building on this site. Later owned by W. Keesey, an army baker, who sold clothing, groceries, ...

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10490 Wild Rose Pass take SH 17 N approx. 12 miles to ROW; overlook, on pull-out In early days the Indian trail through these mountains followed the gorge below known as Limpia Canyon. To avoid the floods travelers over the San ...