Art Resource - AR9645686

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Cavalryman, in the Enlisted Men's Barracks, at Fort Davis National Historic Site, a US army fort established 1854, in a canyon in the Davis Mountains in West Texas, USA. The cavalry, first called the Mounted Dragoons, were used infrequently until the mid-1800s when the frontier had pushed westward into the Great Plains, when the nomadic culture of the Indians and the vastness of the West made the cavalry necessary. The fort was built to protect emigrants, mail coaches, and freight wagons on the trails through the State from Comanche and Apache Indians. After the Civil War, several African-American regiments were stationed here. By the 1880s, the fort consisted of one 100 buildings, housing over 400 soldiers. It was abandoned in 1891, but many buildings have been restored and the compound now operates as a historical site and museum. Picture by Manuel Cohen

Unique Identifier AR9645686

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 5688px × 8532px

Photo Credit Manuel Cohen / Art Resource, NY

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