On Camp Verde Road East (Highway 173) at Bandera Highway (State Highway 173), on the right when traveling east on Camp Verde Road East.
Texas frontier regiment post office was established 1862, 11 mi. southeast and near old U.S. Post Camp Verde. Part of Red River-Rio Grande line of posts a day's horseback ride apart. The troops furnished own guns, mounts, but often lacked food, . . . — — Map (db m155442) HM
On Verde Creek Road, 1 mile west of Bandera Highway (State Highway 173), on the right when traveling west.
Established as a frontier post by the United States Army, July 8, 1855. Headquarters in 1856 for 40 camels, sent by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, to be used in a system of overland communication with the West, which proved impracticable. . . . — — Map (db m155392) HM