Camp Verde was established as a frontier post by the United States Army on July 8, 1855. In 1856 it served as headquarters for 40 camels sent by Secretary of War Jefferson Davis for use in a system of overland communication with the West, which proved impracticable. It was surrendered to the Confederate government in 1861, reoccupied in 1865 by the United States Army, and abandoned in April 1, 1869.

Photo: Gregory Walker

Center Point, Texas · USA