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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11I1_fort-clark-post-theater_Brackettville-TX.html
Constructed in 1932, this building replaced an earlier Fort Clark Post Hall that served as a church, courtroom, theater, and recreational center. A utilitarian military design of clear span construction, brick walls, and a stucco veneer, the build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11I0_site-of-original-post-cemetery_Brackettville-TX.html
This ground was Fort Clark's military cemetery from 1856 to the 1880s. One of the first burials was 2nd Lt. Brayton C. Ives, 1st Inf., a West Point graduate who died here on June 27, 1857. Succeeding burials included dozens of military personnel, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11HY_filippone-building_Brackettville-TX.html
Italian stonemasons Giovanni B. Filippone (1845-1917) and Giovanni Cassinelli purchased property here in 1883-85 and in 1885 built the six-sided portion of this limestone block building. Filippone became sole owner in 1887 and operated a general s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11HX_fort-clark-csa_Brackettville-TX.html
Located southwest edge of town. Upon secession and surrender of U.S. posts, Texas troops occupied the fort to give protection against Indians. They seized the four 24 pounders and two 8-inch Howitzers located there and sent the cannon for use in d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11HW_partrick-building_Brackettville-TX.html
In 1885 Dr. William Partrick commissioned adjoining commercial spaces at this site, operating a drug store in the single story and a dry goods store and hotel in the two-story section. Later outbuildings included a beer vault, windmill, elevated t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11HV_kinney-county-jail_Brackettville-TX.html
Kinney County's first jail, a small square simple stone structure built by James Cornell in 1873 and torn down in 1922, stood across Ann Street on the courthouse grounds, where the flagpole now stands. This second county jail was accepted by the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11HS_officers-quarters-2-3-and-4_Brackettville-TX.html
These two buildings date from 1854-55, soon after the U.S. Army established Fort Clark. The antebellum fort then included officers quarters and barracks for enlisted men, as well as a two-story quartermaster storehouse, powder magazine, hospital, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11HM_adjutants-quarters-quarters-20_Brackettville-TX.html
Erected during the 1873-1875 expansion of Fort Clark to accommodate and support an entire regiment, this structure differs from other quarters on the line in that it is a single dwelling rather than a duplex. The Fifth Regiment of the U.S. Cavalry…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11HJ_seminole-negro-indian-scout-detachment_Brackettville-TX.html
[insignias of the "United States Scouts", the Indian Wars and the United States Army are included along the top of the marker]
Fathers, sons, and brothers served side-by-side, each new generation becoming Scouts. Soldiering and scouting came na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM11HI_fort-clark-guardhouse_Brackettville-TX.html
Established in 1852, Fort Clark was manned by varying troop strengths over the years. This guardhouse was built in the 1870s during a period of fort expansion. A new stockade was built in 1942 to relieve overcrowding, and the guardhouse became hea…