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Historical Markers in Camp Wood, Texas

 
Clickable Map of Real County, Texas and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Real County, TX (21) Bandera County, TX (52) Edwards County, TX (21) Kerr County, TX (97) Uvalde County, TX (67)  RealCounty(21) Real County (21)  BanderaCounty(52) Bandera County (52)  EdwardsCounty(21) Edwards County (21)  KerrCounty(97) Kerr County (97)  UvaldeCounty(67) Uvalde County (67)
Leakey is the county seat for Real County
Camp Wood is in Real County
      Real County (21)  
ADJACENT TO REAL COUNTY
      Bandera County (52)  
      Edwards County (21)  
      Kerr County (97)  
      Uvalde County (67)  
 
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1 Texas, Real County, Camp Wood — 808 — Charles A. Lindbergh in Texas
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 -- the ambition . . . Map (db m161274) HM
2 Texas, Real County, Camp Wood — Mission San Lorenzo1762 to 1771
The Franciscan mission of San Lorenzo represents one of the last attempts to convert the Lipan Apache (or Ndé as they refer to themselves) in Spanish Texas. The missionaries hoped to convert the Lipan through the establishment of two missions within . . . Map (db m237272) HM
3 Texas, Real County, Camp Wood — 4125 — Private Frank Marshall, C.S.A.
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 Rangers in second front stretched . . . Map (db m175831) HM
4 Texas, Real County, Camp Wood — Protecting the Faith
The bastion was one of the most important buildings at the mission. Built from adobe blocks, this defensive structure was strategically located along the mission's southwest corner. The bastion protected the south and west walls and was manned by . . . Map (db m237278) HM
5 Texas, Real County, Camp Wood — Provisioning the Faith
The granary primarily served as a building for storing supplies. The floor of the structure is made of stone and the walls consisted of double rows of adobe brick. Outside the walls an adobe floor helped keep water out of the building. The careful . . . Map (db m237281) HM
6 Texas, Real County, Camp Wood — Resisting the Faith
Spanish soldiers and their families lived in adobe structures that lined the north and west walls. The Lipan also occupied some of the buildings while others camped outside the compound. For the Lipan, the mission served as a temporary refuge or . . . Map (db m237279) HM
7 Texas, Real County, Camp Wood — 4749 — Site of Camp Wood
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 15th, 1861, when Federal troops were withdrawn from Texas.Map (db m24382) HM
8 Texas, Real County, Camp Wood — 4547 — Site of the Mission San Lorenzo De La Santa Cruz
Founded by the Franciscan Missionaries among the Lipan Apache Indians in 1762 • Abandoned in 1769Map (db m24381) HM
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9 Texas, Real County, Camp Wood — Spreading the Faith
The church was the center of mission life. Made from adobe, the church had interior plastered walls painted white with red designs. An adobe floor and roof constructed of vigas (heavy wooden beams) completed the church's construction. The buildings . . . Map (db m237276) HM
 
 
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Mar. 28, 2024