Showing posts with label Buffalo soldiers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Buffalo soldiers. Show all posts
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Lt. Henry O. Flipper and Buffalo Soldier Historic Sites

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Lt. Henry O. Flipper Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper , the first African American graduate of West Point spent much of his life and career ...
Monday, August 05, 2013

Wheels for Meals!

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The folks at Wheels for Meals and the Jeff Davis Food Pantry pointed us to a neat interview with this (great) bike ride's founder, M...
Tuesday, July 09, 2013

Junior Ranger Day, Fort Davis National Historic Site

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On July 4th, the Fort Davis National Historic Site had a Junior Ranger Day with lots of activities for kids to learn about our history.  ...
Monday, May 27, 2013

Perfect place for a picnic--Post Park!

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Just five miles south of Marathon (follow the signs to "County Park") is a great little place that's been a resting place fo...
Saturday, May 25, 2013

Firing a Civil War Ordnance--Fort Davis National Historic Site

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Monday, March 04, 2013

Spring Break at Fort Davis National Historic Site

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Every day during Spring Break, March 9-16, there will be living history soldiers and ladies present to add to your visit and illuminate t...
Tuesday, February 26, 2013

What You Hear at the Fort

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When you visit the wonderful Fort Davis National Historic Site , you'll hear the bugle calls.  The bugle was used to signal to the sol...
Saturday, February 02, 2013

Concordia Cemetery, Buffalo Soldier resting place

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El Paso is a city of surprising charm, and a diligent community of Texas heritage champions make it a wonderful city for discovering our p...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Visit the Fort by Lantern Light, Evening Tours at Fort Davis, October 6

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Our friends at Fort Davis National Historic Site host an annual evening event which projects visitors back in time.  They sent us the fo...
Friday, August 31, 2012

Life of a Frontier Soldier

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There's hardly a better place in all the West to imagine the life of a frontier soldier.  Fort Davis National Historic Site makes ...
Friday, August 17, 2012

Walk the original road!

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There's an original stretch of the historic San Antonio-El Paso Road at Fort Davis National Historic Site.   You can walk it, along ...
Friday, November 18, 2011

One of our favorite wintertime landscapes, on a road mostly locals know

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There's a road heading south from Marathon you really need to take...either by bicycle, motorcycle or car.  A 10 mile round trip offers...
Monday, September 26, 2011

Honoring the Buffalo Soldiers, Concordia Cemetery in El Paso

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One of the best stories and most distinguished histories coming out of our region is that of the Buffalo Solider.  Many visitors to our re...
Friday, May 27, 2011

Burned? Brown? West Texas has green places!

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Panorama view of Post Park, south of Marathon in Brewster County   Water fowl and song birds!  (click on the photo for a closer vie...
Friday, April 01, 2011

Chinese Railway Worker Graves at Concordia Cemetery

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El Paso's Concordia Cemetery is one of the most diverse and interesting cemeteries you'd find anywhere.  There are graves of gun fi...
Saturday, February 12, 2011

A Preservation Success Story: Fort Davis National Historic Site

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This is good news!  The Conservation Fund announced a deal has been finalized to transfer ownership of a 48 acre bluff overlooking Fort Dav...
Saturday, February 05, 2011

Cycling down the road to Post Park

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We've started to put information on our website about another heritage bike ride , an easy, family-friendly 10 mile (roundtrip) ride fro...
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Saturday, January 01, 2011

Now THAT'S a campsite!

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Our recent camping trip to Big Bend Ranch State Park revealed so many of Far West Texas' assets, the reasons people keep coming back to...
Sunday, December 26, 2010

The Ride/Drive to Post Park: A heritage bike route for everyone!

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Today's photos are two views from our newest heritage bike ride, the Ride to Post Park!   The route is easy and historic, suitable for ...
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Thursday, December 16, 2010

December Skies south of Marathon

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A December sky taken just south of Marathon , on the newest heritage bike ride:  Ride to the Post!   This easy 5 mile (one way) bike ride/mo...