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Map from Midland/Odessa to Fort Davis
Map from Midland/Odessa to Fort Davis, Texas.
 
From Midland/Odessa take I-20 west to Pecos.  From Pecos take Highway 17 south through Balmorhea to Fort Davis. (About 2.5 hours)
Photo of Second Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper.  

Did You Know?
At age 21, Henry O. Flipper became the first African American graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Second Lieutenant Flipper was assigned to Company A, 10th U.S. Cavalry, and served at Fort Davis from November 1880 to December 1881.

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