Confederate Memorial, Callahan County
Description:
Photograph of the historic marker for Camp Pecan in Baird, Texas. The stone marker is on the courthouse lawn; buildings are visible in the background. Text: Camp Pecan C. S. A. This Civil War camp of the Texas Frontier Regiment was located 21 mi. southeast established in 1862 as one of a line of posts a day's horseback ride apart. The number of men guarding the frontier were few. Trouble came from all directions with Indian threats and raids from the west and plundering renegades and deserter…
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Date:
August 7, 2005
Creator:
Belden, Dreanna L.
Location:
32.394862664230764 -99.40056633306574
Partner:
UNT Libraries