On State Highway 163 at County Road 189, on the right when traveling north on State Highway 163.
The men of Company G, a small unit of the U.S. 2nd Cavalry, left Fort Mason on July 5, 1857, under the command of Lt. John Bell Hood (1831-1879), in pursuit of Comanche Indians in the vicinity. Traveling northwest, they discovered a fresh Indian . . . — — Map (db m79328) HM
On State Highway 163, 20.3 miles north of U.S. 90, on the left when traveling north.
Established by the United States Army, June 7, 1857, as a means of protecting the road from San Antonio to El Paso against hostile Indians. Named in honor of 2nd Lieutenant Walter W. Hudson who died April 19, 1850, of wounds received in action with . . . — — Map (db m79327) HM