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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Jeff Davis County, Texas
Adjacent to Jeff Davis County, Texas
▶ Brewster County (47) ▶ Culberson County (17) ▶ Hudspeth County (14) ▶ Pecos County (22) ▶ Presidio County (26) ▶ Reeves County (20)
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| On State Highway 17 at Espy Place, on the left when traveling north on State Highway 17. |
| | Camp grounds and lookout post (1850's-1880's) for military, mail coaches, freighters, travelers, emigrants. Site of area's last Indian raid, 1881. Part of John G. Prude Ranch.
Named by Gov. John Connally Dec. 21, 1964, to honor Barry Scobee . . . — — Map (db m59731) HM |
| On State Highway 166 13.8 miles west of State Highway 17, on the left when traveling west. |
| | 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 remote ranches and towns, slept in tents, wagons. Family groups had chuck-box meals, sharing with . . . — — Map (db m79373) HM |
| On State Street (State Highway 17/118) 0.1 miles north of Musquiz Drive (State Highway 118), on the left when traveling north. |
| | 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 to settlers. Camels imported for patrols, hauling.
His Postmaster-General and personal aide were Texans, as . . . — — Map (db m48611) HM |
| On Agave Street at Woodward Avenue, on the left when traveling north on 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 in churches shared with the Methodist and Presbyterian congregations until 1921 when the Baptists . . . — — Map (db m61194) HM |
| On State Highway 118 11.5 miles south of State Highway 17, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 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 west. A Texas Rangers' camp in area gave protection from Indians. Mrs. Pruett once made a midnight ride to . . . — — Map (db m61143) HM |
| Near Lt. Henry Flipper Drive. |
| | Established by Lieut. Col. Washington Seawell with six companies of the Eighth U.S. Infantry in October 1854 for protecting travelers on the San Antonio-El Paso Road.
Named in honor of the then Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, it was . . . — — Map (db m26357) HM |
| On South Front Street at Woodward Avenue, on the right when traveling north on South Front Street. |
| |
First Protestant Church
between San Antonio and El Paso
This is the original structure built
1884 as a mission by the
Methodist Episcopal Church South — — Map (db m139130) HM |
| On Court Aveue at Limpia Street, on the left when traveling east on Court Aveue. |
| | Hotel Limpia, 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 porches the hotel became a community social center where area news could be heard, a . . . — — Map (db m61192) HM |
| On State Street (State Highway 17) at Musquiz Dr. (State Highway 118), in the median on State Street. |
| | Formed from Presidio County. Created March 15, 1887. Organized May 16, 1887. Named in honor of Jefferson Davis. 1806-1868. President of the Confederate States. Fort Davis, County Seat, Presidio County, 1875. County Seat, Jeff Davis County, . . . — — Map (db m51483) HM |
| On Court Avenue at State Street (State Highway 17/118), on the left when traveling west on Court Avenue. |
| | 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 courthouse. This concrete and stone Classical Revival edifice, erected by the Falls City Construction . . . — — Map (db m61144) HM |
| On Woodward Avenue at State Street (Texas Highway 17), on the left when traveling west on 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 Antonio–El Paso Road. Fort Davis was designated as the Presidio county seat when the county was . . . — — Map (db m61191) HM |
| On Fort Davis Highway (State Highway 118), on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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
a Ranger Station intermittently,
1880 - 1882
while the country was being
cleared of . . . — — Map (db m145336) HM |
| | 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 McDonald (1844-1926), a Paris (Texas) banker interested in the stars. A well-educated man, McDonald . . . — — Map (db m26389) HM |
| On State Street (State Highway 17/118) at Court Avenue, on the left when traveling south on State Street. |
| | Confederate supply point and frontier outpost on great military road from San Antonio to El Paso 1861-62. After surrendered by U. S. Army, occupied by detachment 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles. Apaches ambushed patrol from fort under Lt. Mays in Big Bend . . . — — Map (db m73299) HM |
| On Musquiz Drive (State Highway 118) 0.2 miles east of Jeff Davis Highway No. 3 (State Highway 17). |
| | Used from 1870s to 1914. Settlers buried here include: Mr. and Mrs. Diedrick Dutchover, immigrants from Belgium and Spain; their surname, coined by a recruiter in the Mexican War, is borne by many descendants. Dolores, who on her wedding eve . . . — — Map (db m53144) HM |
| On State Highway 118 at Prude Guest Ranch Road, on the right when traveling west on State Highway 118. |
| | 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 a small log house on their property on Limpia Creek. In 1900 he completed a wooden frame house for their . . . — — Map (db m128292) HM |
| On Fort Street at 3rd Street, on the right when traveling south on Fort Street. |
| | 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 Pecos River to traverse the Davis Mountains.
Henry Skillman (1814-1864) began a courier service . . . — — Map (db m61196) HM |
| On State Street (State Highway 17/118) at Cavalry Road, on the right when traveling north on State Street. |
| | 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 Catholic Church building was erected in 1879. Father Hoban was followed by circuit-riding priest who . . . — — Map (db m61208) HM |
| On State Street (State Highway 17/118) at Court Avenue, on the right when traveling south on State Street. |
| | F Co. 2nd Bat. 142nd Inf. Reg. 36th Inf. Div. At Salerno, 9, Sept. 1943, alone: 4 machine gun nests, one mortar squad, one 88mm gun, wounded…kept going. At Cassino: knocked out Mark IV tank with a bazooka.
Distinguished Service Cross, Silver . . . — — Map (db m61145) HM |
| Near Lt Henry Flipper Drive 0.4 miles west of State Street (Texas Highway 118), on the right when traveling west. |
| | In 1854, the U.S. Army established Fort Davis, which extended from this location westward into the box canyon. Initially, the fort consisted of crude wooden buildings with thatched and canvas roofs. Six stone barracks were later erected for the . . . — — Map (db m96009) HM |
| Near Madrone Street at Court Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | 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 for the family of Henry M. and Annie Trueheart, residents of Galveston, where Mr. Trueheart was a . . . — — Map (db m61195) HM |
| On Limpa Street at Court Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Limpa Street. |
| | 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, cradles, guns, whiskey, coffins, tobacco, spittoons, wagonwheels, and harness, and did private . . . — — Map (db m61193) HM |
| On Wild Rose Pass (State Highway 17) 1.3 miles south of Powell Ranch Road, on the left when traveling south. |
| | 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 Antonio - El Paso Road, emigrants, U.S. troops and supply trains, and the mail chose this higher pass . . . — — Map (db m59709) HM |
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