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In
the early 1850s, the site was established as a Texas Rangers camp.
Fort Concho assumed ownership
in the mid 1870s as Indian attacks increased. Camp Elizabeth was used
as an outpost hospital facility.
The camp was described as a rock corral for horses,
officers quarters and tents for the enlisted men. A farrier had space
to work and between the camp and the river, the land was used to break
horses
and / or teach horsemanship.
The camp was abandoned in 1886 and although everything was left in
place for a possible reactivation, local ranchers demolished the place
to deter its use by dubious individuals who hung out there. The historical
marker designated the presumed site. |
Texas 1936 Centennial
Marker text:
Site of
Camp Elizabeth
Thought to have
been established 1853.
Used as an outpost hospital
of Fort Concho
1874 - 1886. |
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