Camp Elizabeth, Sterling County, Texas. (original) (raw)

In the early 1850s, the site was established as a Texas Rangers camp. Fort Concho assumed ownership in the mid 1870s as Indian attacks increased. Camp Elizabeth was used as an outpost hospital facility.

The camp was described as a rock corral for horses, officers quarters and tents for the enlisted men. A farrier had space to work and between the camp and the river, the land was used to break horses and / or teach horsemanship.

The camp was abandoned in 1886 and although everything was left in place for a possible reactivation, local ranchers demolished the place to deter its use by dubious individuals who hung out there. The historical marker designated the presumed site.

Texas 1936 Centennial Marker text:

Site of

Camp Elizabeth

Thought to have been established 1853.
Used as an outpost hospital
of Fort Concho
1874 - 1886.

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