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Post Hospital`s storehouse at the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Sign at entrance to Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Cabinet full of mortars and pestles in Post Hospital at the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Gatling Gun at the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Information for the Gatling Gun at the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Small cannon, the 3-inch Rifled Field Gun, Model 1861 on display at Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, Texas. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Information about Apache food and shelter at the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Army escort wagon on display at Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, Texas. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Information display for a foot soldier of the Continental Army at the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Ruins of the Post Hospital`s Steward Quarters at the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Information display for an Army escort wagon at Fort Davis National Historic Site, Fort Davis, Texas. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Information plaque for Fort Davis at the Fort Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Fort Davis, from 1854 to 1891, is one of the best surviving examples of an Indian Wars` frontier military in the Southwest. Its location served to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the Trans-Pecos portion of the San Antonio-El Paso Road and on the Chihuahua Trail.