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Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas.Named in honor of LTC William Bliss (1815–1853), a mathematics professor who was the son-in-law of President Zachary Taylor, Ft. Bliss has an area of about 1,700 square miles (4,400 km 2); it is the largest installation in FORSCOM (United States Army Forces Command) and second-largest in ...
Biggs Field/Biggs Army Airfield (1916–47) On 15 June 1919, following an attack by Pancho Villa 's forces on Ciudad Juárez, United States Army Air Service personnel equipped with Dayton-Wright DH-4 aircraft were sent to Fort Bliss to begin patrols of the U.S.-Mexico border, initiating the United States Army Border Air Patrol.
May 7, 1998. The Fort Bliss Main Post Historic District, at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, is a 339 acres (137 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The listing included 343 contributing buildings, two contributing structures, and a contributing site on the Fort Bliss military installation. [1]
Fort Bliss was directed to surrender to Confederate forces on 31 Mar 1861 after Texas withdrew from the Union, to include the garrison hospital. [15] [16] Fort Bliss and the hospital remained Confederate until 20 Aug 1862. [15] The retreating Confederate troops destroyed all of Fort Bliss, except for the hospital, which housed their sick and ...
Fort Bliss National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in West Texas, located at Fort Bliss, a U.S. Army post adjacent to the city of El Paso. Administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, it encompasses 82.1 acres (33.2 ha), and as of 2014, had over 50,000 interments. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places ...
The 1st Armored Division, nicknamed "Old Ironsides", [1] is a combined arms division of the United States Army. The division is part of III Armored Corps and operates out of Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. It was the first armored division of the United States' Army to see battle in World War II.
Castner Range National Monument is a national monument in El Paso County, Texas, that covers 6,672 acres (27 km 2) of the Franklin Mountains. It was established by President Joe Biden on March 21, 2023. [1][2] The monument, a former weapons testing range, is part of Fort Bliss and is managed by the U.S. Army as the only land conservation ...
87000484. Added to NRHP. April 9, 1987. The Pershing House, historically known as Quarters Number 1, is a building at 228 Sheridan Road in the Fort Bliss Main Post Historic District at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. It was built in 1910 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.