Camping at Fort Crockett: a few discomforts
Subject:
military life, Fort Crockett
Geographic Area:
Galveston, Texas
Date:
ca. 1913
Archives:
Galveston & Texas History Center, Rosenberg Library
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Description:
Situated on the coast, the camp at Fort Crockett gets flooded after a storm. Built in 1897, Fort Crockett (named after David Crockett) was a United States military reservation used for coast artillery training. This photo depicts typical camp life for a soldier in the early 1900s.