Fort Davis National Historic Site
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Contact Information:
Fort Davis National Historic Site
P.O. Box 1379
101 Lt. Henry Flipper Drive
Fort Davis, TX 79734
432-426-3224
http://www.nps.gov/foda/
Size: 474 acres
Location: Fort Davis National Historic Site is located on the northern edge of the town of Fort Davis, Texas. From I-10 on the north or US 90 on the south, the site can be reached via TX 17 and 118.
Description: A key post in west Texas, soldiers from Fort Davis guarded emigrants and stagecoaches along the San Antonio-El Paso Road from 1854 to 1891. Today the fort is regarded as the best preserved in the Southwest.
Activities: Visitors can enjoy self-guided tours of furnished buildings and ruins, hiking on designated nature trails (connecting with trails of adjacent Davis Mountains State Park), and picnicking at cottonwoods picnic area. Bugle calls and a sound representation of an 1875 dress retreat parade can be heard over the parade ground at scheduled times. Five restored and refurnished (1880s) structures are open on a self-guided basis. Interpreters dressed in period clothing are stationed at some of these structures during the summer months.Operating Hours: The visitor center and grounds are open 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m; Closed Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, and the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday.
History: Authorized on September 8, 1961; established on July 4, 1963.
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