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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHIS_mcdonald-observatory-of-the-university-of-texas_Fort-Davis-TX.html
Original unit in complex forming one of the great observatory centers of the world. Built in the 1930s under terms of legacy from William Johnson McDonald (1844-1926), a Paris (Texas) banker interested in the stars. A well-educated man, McDonald l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHI1_fort-davis_Fort-Davis-TX.html
Established by Lieut. Col. Washington Seawell with six companies of the Eighth U.S. Infantry in October 1854 for protecting travelers on the San Antonio-El Paso Road. Named in honor of the then Secretary of War, Jefferson Davis, it was abandoned b…
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Ruins ofthe ranch home of Manuel Musquiz,a pioneer who settled herein 1854Abandoned due to Indian raidsthe deserted buildings served asa Ranger Station intermittently,1880 - 1882while the country was beingcleared of Indians and bandits