i lived in Ft Davis when I was 5 yrs old my dad was a driller in the oil field all over west Texas. We visited Ft Davis a few times. Brings back a lot of Memories, I did not know it was a Black Soldier fort.
Yes, the Fort Davis which the town is named after were predominantly black soldiers including the officers which were called Buffalo Soldiers. The town of Fort Davis had a very high black population when the fort was active. Now, there has only been one black couple and one black child living in the whole town for years so far.
I love that part of Texas. Such a great place to visit and there's history all over the place. Can you imagine what it was like in the 1800s ? Nice video y'all. I heading to the kitchen now for dry bread and coffee. Hahaha
What it would have been like to be in places like this during the 1800s always crosses my mind while I'm camping out west. Before trails and roads. And A/C!
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Thanks for the video guys. Brought back great memories. I think we'll try the trail between the fort and state park next time. I'm planning a Fort Davis, Monahans, and Balmorhea trip for my family this summer. Neat part of Texas.
Hi Cameron! That will be a great trip for the family!! We were going to go to Monahans on our way home, but instead we decided to head towards Big Bend for the day. When you do the trail from the park to the fort, make sure you utilize sunscreen. It was like 70 degrees when we did it and we didn't realize we were getting burned. It's been three weeks and I'm still peeling skin off my arms. No tree cover. As always, thanks so much for watching!
Texas HIKEaholics Cool Thank you. I’m in San Antonio. What tips would you have for visiting? See any Javelina or mountain lions? Did you tent camp? Thank you.
@@TexasMan77 Sadly, we were only there for the day and we did not get to camp. We would definitely recommend the trail to the Fort. It was really quite nice and the Fort was pretty awesome as well. Especially if you like Texas history! We had wanted to stay at the historic lodge, but there was no availability. I would actually recommend trying to get a room there unless you just want to camp. Thanks so much for watching and we hope you have a fantastic time when get there!!
Texas HIKEaholics Thank you. Planning on setting aside a few days to take it all in. Also visit Guadalupe mountains NP if you can and hike to Guadalupe peak. It’s gorgeous.
Hi Misael! The song is Paper Moon by Miner. All songs are listed at 30:10 in the video...just in case you are interested in any of the other songs within this video! Thanks for watching!!
love the music!!
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i lived in Ft Davis when I was 5 yrs old my dad was a driller in the oil field all over west Texas. We visited Ft Davis a few times. Brings back a lot of Memories, I did not know it was a Black Soldier fort.
I wasn't aware of that either. We (mostly me, Barbara) love history!! Thanks for watching!!
Yes, the Fort Davis which the town is named after were predominantly black soldiers including the officers which were called Buffalo Soldiers. The town of Fort Davis had a very high black population when the fort was active. Now, there has only been one black couple and one black child living in the whole town for years so far.
Hope to visit this winter. Never been before.
I hope you get to go!! It's really an awesome park and area!! Thanks for watching!!
Good video. We will be visiting there in a couple weeks.
Thanks so much for watching!!! I hope you have a great time!!!
I love that part of Texas. Such a great place to visit and there's history all over the place. Can you imagine what it was like in the 1800s ? Nice video y'all. I heading to the kitchen now for dry bread and coffee. Hahaha
What it would have been like to be in places like this during the 1800s always crosses my mind while I'm camping out west. Before trails and roads. And A/C!
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Great video 👍 another one to my wish list of hikes!
This is a great park. We wish we had planned better to give ourselves more time! Thanks for watching!!
Do y'all have a playlist on Spotify? You should! 👍😊
We don't. Thanks so much and thanks for watching!!
Thanks for the video guys. Brought back great memories. I think we'll try the trail between the fort and state park next time.
I'm planning a Fort Davis, Monahans, and Balmorhea trip for my family this summer. Neat part of Texas.
Hi Cameron! That will be a great trip for the family!! We were going to go to Monahans on our way home, but instead we decided to head towards Big Bend for the day. When you do the trail from the park to the fort, make sure you utilize sunscreen. It was like 70 degrees when we did it and we didn't realize we were getting burned. It's been three weeks and I'm still peeling skin off my arms. No tree cover. As always, thanks so much for watching!
Cool! Have wanted to go for a few years, looks like it may happen in ‘20. Where you guys from?
Hi there Joe! We are in Central Texas area, near Waco. Thanks so much for watching!!
Texas HIKEaholics Cool Thank you. I’m in San Antonio. What tips would you have for visiting? See any Javelina or mountain lions? Did you tent camp? Thank you.
@@TexasMan77 Sadly, we were only there for the day and we did not get to camp. We would definitely recommend the trail to the Fort. It was really quite nice and the Fort was pretty awesome as well. Especially if you like Texas history! We had wanted to stay at the historic lodge, but there was no availability. I would actually recommend trying to get a room there unless you just want to camp. Thanks so much for watching and we hope you have a fantastic time when get there!!
Texas HIKEaholics Thank you. Planning on setting aside a few days to take it all in. Also visit Guadalupe mountains NP if you can and hike to Guadalupe peak. It’s gorgeous.
what is the name of the song in the intro?
Hi Misael! The song is Paper Moon by Miner. All songs are listed at 30:10 in the video...just in case you are interested in any of the other songs within this video! Thanks for watching!!