Fort Clark at Brackettville Faces Army Discharge and Proposal for Institute
An aging Fort Clark post near Brackettville Texas faced decommissioning after decades of service through Civil War Mexican bandit raids World War I and II. Now two House bills propose transferring the abandoned post to the Fort Clark Military Institute a non profit group including ex Vice President Garner and Amon G Carter. The plan would convert the site into a military school preserving a border defense tradition.
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Bracketville
Fort Clark
Brackettville
Texas
Spain
War Department
Army
War Assets Administration
WAA
Texas Railway Equipment Company
Houston
Fort Clark Military Institute
John Nance Garner
Amon G. Carter
Fort Worth
Enterprise
Army Center
David E. Twiggs
Texas Commission
Texas Volunteers
John R. Raytor
Cactus Jack
Garner
Teddy Roosevelt
Taft
San Antonio
Congress
United States
Florida
Indian Territory
Mexico
Las Moras Springs
Kinney County
Local residents attend reunions and travel over weekend
Mrs. T T Fain visited Canyon for the Old Settler's Reunion while E Brewster and others traveled to Grayson County. Denton visitors, trips to Colorado and New Mexico, football practice in Canyon, rodeo in Pampa, and numerous local visits from Wellington to Amarillo are noted. Multiple families plan moves to Amarillo and Nocona as well.
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T. T. Fain
Canyon
L. T. Alexander
E. Brewster
The
Kelley Cnty
Grayson County
Contractors' Notice of Texas Highway Construction
Sealed proposals for grading 12 829 miles and structures from Wellington to Dodson on FM 338 will be received at the Texas Highway Department in Austin until 9 700 A M August 27 1946 and opened publicly. Project subject to state wage acts. prevailing rates for Group 8 laborers workmen and mechanics. holiday work paid at regular rates. Plans available from Clyde Drake Wellington and the Texas Highway Department Austin. Rights reserved.
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Texas
Wellington
Dodson
Callingsworth
HighWay Department
Austin
State of Texas
State Highway Commission
Clyde Drake
Texas Highway Department
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Old Fort
Molotov
Edwin Brinson
Denton
C. B. Raburn
Fred Watkins
Colorado
Wyoming
Yellowstone Park
Idaho
Utah
R. E. Bassel
Pamela
Guild, Okla
Jill Kelley
Tucumcari, N. M
Fleet Pruden
Mr. Pruden
Junior Melton
Joe Willoughby
Don Leach
West Texas Buffaloes
O. R. Hill of
Lubbock
Earl Alexander
Callie Litchfield
Wichita Falls
D. G. Ellis
Carlsbad
Taos
Santa Fe
N. M
Joe Compton
Nocona
N.C. Beam
Guy Clay
Guy Bell
Franz Holley
Pampa
Mrs
Argie Jones
Amarillo
Jane Ann Lane
Shamrock
Maggie Jo West
J.T. Young
Ernest Maxwell and Sons
Kansas
Nebraska
North and
South Dakota
New Mexico
Ruby Johnson
W. W. Johnson
Virginia Hays
J. L. Hays
E. R. Keesee
Roswell, N. M
Curtis Fulcher
Joe Horn
University
Matt Biland
Lillie
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Paul Little
Mt. Vernon, Texas
T. B. Sledge
John Sledge
O. L. Sechrist
Arvin
Calif
D. H. Handley
Arlington
R. L. Ridder
Memphis
Co. E. _ Sutton
Garland Midgett and Son
Uvalde
Farris Furniture Co
Chas
Cochran
Met
Old City State Bank
NW Corner Square
Margaret Shields
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