• Photo by: Max Kandler

    Fort Davis

    National Historic Site Texas

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  • Museum Closure

    Our park museum will be closed April 15, 2013 till 2014. This will also affect our park orientation film screening; it will be limited to 8-10 visitors at a time. The rest of the park is open for visitation. We are sorry for the inconvenience.

Support Your Park

Friends of Fort Davis NHS
The Friends of Fort Davis National Historic Site was established in 1983 as a non-profit 501 (c) (3) organization. Its purpose is to support those activities approved by the National Park Service for which congressional funds are not available. The scope of these activities includes preservation, restoration, planning, research, educational and cultural programs.

COOPERATING ASSOCIATION

Western National Parks Association is a nonprofit cooperating association of the National Park Service. Headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, the association was founded in 1938 as the Southwest Monuments Association to support the interpretive activities of the National Park Service.

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

About the Volunteers in Parks (VIP) Program at Fort Davis National Historic Site
For volunteer opportunities contact the park volunteer coordinator or send us an application.

Fort Davis National Historic Site
P.O. Box 1379
Fort Davis, Texas 79734

Did You Know?

Fort Davis post hospital about 1885.

Medical treatment at Fort Davis represented state-of-the-art medicine of the 19th century. The soldiers at Fort Davis and other frontier posts probably received medical treatment as good or better than what the average American received at the time.