Site of Camp Wood · 1936
Established May 20, 1857, as a means of preventing Indian raids on the San Antonio - El Paso route and the Rio Grande Valley. Abandoned March 15, 1861, when Federal troops were withdrawn from Texas.
View on map ↗Real County, Texas
Historical Markers in Camp Wood, Texas
Camp Wood has 4 official Texas Historical Commission markers in Real County. The marker list includes records dating to 1936. Common marker themes include railroad, trail, and transportation history, ranching, farming, and frontier settlement, military, battle, and texas revolution sites. Use this page to preview the markers, then open RoadHistorical on your drive to see nearby stops on the map, listen to narration, and save the places you want to visit.
What you will find in Camp Wood
- Railroad, trail, and transportation history
- Ranching, farming, and frontier settlement
- Military, battle, and Texas Revolution sites
- Downtown architecture, homes, and businesses
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Site of the Mission San Lorenzo de La Santa Cruz · 1936
Founded by Franciscan missionaries among the Lipan Apache Indians in 1762. Abandoned in 1769.
View on map ↗Private Frank Marshall, C.S.A. · 1965
Buried here, 3/10 mi. from Camp Wood. A 29-year-old Harrison Countian, symbolizes Texans who died for the Confederacy in the Arizona-New Mexico campaign. Served from April 19, 1861, till death June 16, in W. P. Lane…
View on map ↗Charles A. Lindbergh in Texas · 1977
Texas was important in the career of aviation hero Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-75). When he bought his first World War I surplus Jenny in Georgia, he flew it to Texarkana in 1923, so he could say he had flown in Texas --…
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