Eagle Pass in Maverick County, Texas — The American South (West South Central)
Fort Duncan Infantry Barracks
Photographed By William F Haenn, June 8, 2012
1. Fort Duncan Infantry Barracks Marker
Built about 1868, soon after the U.S. Army's post-Civil War reoccupation of Fort Duncan, this building played a part in aviation history when the first military cross-country flight, from Fort McIntosh in Laredo, landed here in 1911. By 1932 the Army abandoned the post. Six years later the city of Eagle Pass purchased it and leased the barracks to the local council of Boy Scouts. In 1939 the building became the Fort Duncan Country Club and remained as such except during World War II when it was also an officers club for the Eagle Pass Army Air Force Advanced Flying School.Erected 1986 by Texas Historical Commission. (Marker Number 1980.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Air & Space • Forts and Castles • War, World II • Wars, US Indian. A significant historical year for this entry is 1868.
Location. 28° 42.136′ N, 100° 30.315′ W. Marker is in Eagle Pass, Texas, in Maverick County. Marker is on Bliss Street west of South Adams Street
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Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Fort Duncan (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); a different marker also named Fort Duncan (about 800 feet away); Eagle Pass C.S.A. (approx. half a mile away); Maverick County (approx. half a mile away); Maverick County Courthouse (approx. half a mile away); Eagle Pass Post Office (approx. half a mile away); Eagle Pass Coal Mines (approx. 3.7 miles away).
More about this marker. The marker is mounted on the front of the burnt out remains of the building.
Photographed By William F Haenn, June 8, 2012
2. Fort Duncan Infantry Barracks and marker
Photographed By William F Haenn, June 8, 2012
3. Fort Duncan Infantry Barracks interior chimney
Credits. This page was last revised on April 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on June 8, 2012, by William F Haenn of Fort Clark (Brackettville), Texas. This page has been viewed 684 times since then and 77 times this year. Last updated on April 25, 2023, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1. submitted on April 26, 2023, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. 2, 3. submitted on June 8, 2012, by William F Haenn of Fort Clark (Brackettville), Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.
