• Photo by: Max Kandler

    Fort Davis

    National Historic Site Texas

Curriculum Materials

PARKS AS CLASSROOMS (PAC)

Curriculum for Grades 2-5
Curriculum for Grades 6-8 
Curriculum for Grades 9-12

Following the Civil War, African-American soldiers were offered the chance to serve in the U.S. peacetime Army. Facing hardships from both inside and out, the Buffalo Soldiers carved a name for themselves in history. Learn more at: www.bsu.edu/eft/buffalo/p/

Did You Know?

Camels at Fort Davis NHS.

In an attempt to better supply Fort Davis and other southwestern posts, the army embarked on an unusual experiment by importing camels from the Middle East in 1856. Camels passed through Fort Davis in 1857, 1859 and 1860.