Fort Davis National Historic Site
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Fort Davis National Historic Site
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Fort Davis National Historic Site
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 Fort Davis NHS
Fort Davis NHS
Location of Fort Davis National Historic Site
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| Location | 101 Lt. Flipper Dr. Fort Davis, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 30°35′57″N 103°53′34″W / 30.59917°N 103.89278°WCoordinates: 30°35′57″N 103°53′34″W / 30.59917°N 103.89278°W |
| Area | 523 acres (212 ha) |
| Built | 1854 |
| Architect | Lt. Col. Wesley Merritt |
| Visitation | 55,955 (2015) |
| Website | www |
| NRHP Reference # | 66000045 |
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| Added to NRHP | October 15, 1966 |
| Designated NHL | December 19, 1960 |
| Designated NHS | September 8, 1961 |
Fort Davis National Historic Site is a United States National Historic Site located in the unincorporated community of Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, Texas. Located within the Davis Mountains of West Texas, the historic site was established in 1961 to protect one of the best remaining examples of a United States Army fort in the southwestern United States.
Established in October 1854 along the Limpia Creek at Painted Comanche Camp by Bvt. Maj. Gen. Persifor Frazer Smith, Fort Davis was named after Secretary of War Jefferson Davis. "Hoping to protect the garrison from winter northers, Smith tucked the fort into a canyon flanked on three sides by sheer rock walls." Commanding the post was 8th Infantry Regiment commander Lt. Col. Washington Seawell.
Other forts in the frontier fort system were Forts Griffin, Concho, Belknap, Chadbourne, , Richardson, Bliss, McKavett, Clark, McIntosh, Inge, and Phantom Hill in Texas, and Fort Sill in Oklahoma. "Sub posts or intermediate stations" also were used, including Bothwick's Station on Salt Creek between Fort Richardson and Fort Belknap, Camp Wichita near Buffalo Springs between Fort Richardson and Red River Station, and Mountain Pass between Fort Concho and Fort Griffin.
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