Historical Markers in Fort Davis, Texas

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• Pioneer Cemeteryplaced 1967

  Used from 1870s to 1914. Settlers buried here include: Mr. and Mrs. Diedrick Dutchover, immigrants from Belgium and Spain; their surname, coined by a…

• Confederate President Jefferson Davisplaced 1964

  (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…

• First Rural School West of Pecos Riverplaced 1967

  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.

• Old Fort Davis C. S. A.placed 1963

  (Star and Wreath) Confederate supply point and frontier outpost on great military road from San Antonio to El Paso 1861-62.

• Barry Scobee Mountainplaced 1965

  (6300 ft. elev.) Camp grounds and lookout post (1850s-1880s) for military, mail coaches, freighters, travelers, emigrants.

• Fort Davisplaced 1936

  Established by Lieut. Col. Washington Seawell with six companies of the Eighth U.S. Infantry in October 1854 for protecting travelers on the San…

All 19 historical markers in Fort Davis

• Barry Scobee Mountain1965
• Confederate President Jefferson Davis1964
• First Baptist Church of Fort Davis1997
• First Rural School West of Pecos River1967
• Fort Davis1936
• Granado Mountain2015
• Grierson-Sproul House2016
• Hotel Limpia1995
• Jeff Davis County Courthouse2000
• Jeff Davis County Jail2010
• McDonald Observatory of the University of Texas1968
• Old Fort Davis C. S. A.1963
• Pioneer Cemetery1967
• San Antonio-El Paso Road1986
• Smith-Carlton Adobe House2013
• St. Joseph Catholic Church1999
• Trueheart House1964
• Union Mercantile1965
• Wild Rose Pass1936

Historical markers near Fort Davis

• Alpine15 stories · 21 mi
• Marfa10 stories · 21 mi
• Marathon12 stories · 56 mi
• Shafter6 stories · 57 mi
• Pecos6 stories · 62 mi
• Van Horn6 stories · 65 mi

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