• Camp Wood,  

  Real County

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 Abandoned March 15, 1861, when Federal troops were withdrawn from Texas.

• Address

  SH 55

• Directions

  from Camp Wood go north on SH 55 approximately .2 miles

• Marker #

  4749

• Dedicated:

  1936

• Size, Type:

  1936 Centennial - Subject Marker (gray granite)

• Code:

  military topics; Native Americans

• Latitude

  -100.0149714

• Longitude

  FALSE