Historical Marker
Site of Camp Wood
Historical marker location:
SH 55, Camp Wood, Texas
( from Camp Wood go north on SH 55 approximately .2 miles)
Marker installed: 1936
Established May 20, 1857, as a means of preventing Indian raids on the San Antonio - El Paso route and the Rio Grande Valley. Abandoned March 15, 1861, when Federal troops were withdrawn from Texas.