National Historic Landmark - Fort Sam Houston

Authorized in 1875 and completed in 1879, this was the U.S. Army's principal supply base in the Southwest; the fort supplied the Rough Riders in 1898 and Pershing's Mexican campaign in 1916.

Experiments with the Wright biplane here led to the establishment of the Signal Corps' aviation section in 1914.

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Information courtesy of the National Park Service.