Site of Camp Verde

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Marker Text: Established as a frontier post by the United States Army, July 8, 1855; headquarters in 1856 for 40 camels, sent by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis, to be used in a system of overland communication with the west, which proved impracticable. Surrendered to the Confederate government in 1861; reoccupied in 1865 by the United States Army; abandoned April 1, 1869. (1936)

Marker No: 4748

Gray Granite 1936 Centennial Marker

National Register of Historic Places 

Geographic: 29.890461,-99.120422

Location: From Kerrville take SH 173 south approximately 13 miles to Camp Verde. Marker is on farm road .5 miles W of Camp Verde Store.