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Photo taken at Camp Barkeley, Texas, on April 23, 1941. Camp Barkeley was a large United States Army training installation during World War II. The base was located eleven miles (18 km) southwest of Abilene, Texas, near what is now Dyess Air Force Base.
The CSA garrisoned the fort with volunteers and Texas Rangers, renaming it Rio Grande Station, which became an important port for the export of cotton into Mexico. [ 3 ] : 46 Federal troops reoccupied Fort Duncan on 23 March 1868 by the 41st Infantry under the command of Lt. Col. William R. Shafter , and Lt. Henry Ware Lawton as quartermaster .
The emergence of nuclear weapons and a period of comparative tranquility among Texas' inhabitants and neighbors saw the end of conventional fortifications in Texas. However, forts in Texas served as home bases for major US Army units, and also served as important training areas for the US military and her various allies during the Cold War .
List of military installations in Texas Installation name Location Notes Kelly Field / Joint Base San Antonio : San Antonio: formerly Kelly Air Force Base Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base
Fort Chadbourne, a Texas state historical site, was also added in 1973 to the National Register of Historic Places (#73001962). The small community of Fort Chadbourne, Texas, is located a few miles to the southwest of the original fort.
Fort Graham was a pioneer fort established in 1849 by Brevet Major R.A. Arnold (Companies F and I of the Second United States Dragoons) [1] at the site of Jose Maria Village, an Anadaca camp on the western edge of present-day Hill County, Texas.
Entrance to Buffalo Gap Historic Village in Buffalo Gap, Texas Historic gasoline station at Buffalo Gap Rustic chapel at Buffalo Gap. Buffalo Gap Historic Village is a museum complex of historic buildings in Buffalo Gap, Texas, near Abilene. [2] Elements of the complex are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1]
Fort Wolters U.S. Highway 180 gate in 2018. Fort Wolters was a United States military installation four miles northeast of Mineral Wells, Texas.. The fort was originally named Camp Wolters in honor of Brigadier General Jacob F. Wolters, commander of the 56th Cavalry Brigade of the National Guard, which used the area as a summer training ground. [1]