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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1GZD_lt-col-william-e-dyess_Abilene-TX.html
Albany, Texas native William Edwin Dyess (b. 1916) graduated from John Tarleton Agricultural College and became an aviation cadet at Randolph Field, San Antonio. Dyess went to the Philippine Islands as commander of the 21st Pursuit Squadron of P-4…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F55_12th-armored-division-at-camp-barkeley_Abilene-TX.html
Established as a U.S. Army training camp in 1940, Camp Barkeley (whose main entrance was about seven miles south of this site) became one of the nation's largest World War II military training bases. The 12th Armored Division, activated at Camp Ca…
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Dedicated to the memory of all men of the 12th Armored Division in World War II. Camp Barkeley, 1943-44.
12th Armored Division UnitsTotal Personnel - 10,937 Men
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1F4G_fort-phantom-hill_Abilene-TX.html
Established November 14, 1851Abandoned April 6, 1854Repaired and Used by Southern Overland Mail, 1858-1861Sub-Post of Fort Griffin in 1871 and 1872A thriving village which grew up in its vicinity after the Civil War served as temporary county seat…
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By 1850 new settlers and travelers to the California Gold Rush were moving across Texas. This movement on the open plains increased hostilities between the newcomers and the Indians. The U.S. Army's solution was a fort, called the Post on the Clea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM16GX_lindbergh-in-west-texas_Abilene-TX.html
Four months after his record-setting trans-Atlantic solo flight, Charles Augustus Lindbergh (1902-1974) landed here for one hour and thirty-six minutes during a nationwide publicity tour. Touching down at Kingsolving Field (now the site of Abilene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM15MB_the-texas-pacific-railway_Abilene-TX.html
Chartered March 3, 1871, by Act of U.S. Congress, to build a railroad to the Pacific Coast, the Texas & Pacific Railway Company, under leadership of Colonel Thomas A. Scott, President, began construction across West Texas in 1880. General Grenvill…