Camp Michie

At the height of the Mexican Revolution, from May 1916 to January 1917, the post was headquarters of the Fourteenth Cavalry under Col. Frederick W. Sibley, who also commanded the Del Rio Border Patrol District. It peaked at thirty officers and 844 soldiers and stayed a regular army post through the 1916 National Guard call-up. The Twelfth Cavalry arrived in April 1920; its officers opened a club in March 1921 and with town leaders formed the San Felipe Country Club, with a nine-hole course by John Bredemus. The last garrison marched to Fort Clark on July 11, 1923.

What the plaque says

Camp Michie The military estabilshed Camp Michie, formerly known as Camp Del Rio, during the 1910s to serve forces assigned to secure the U.S.-Mexico border during the Mexican Revolution. As part of that duty, troops guarded railroad bridges along the border, including the High Bridge across the Pecos River and other strategic points. This task was important, as the tracks were a vital link for moving men and equipment between the Pacific Coast and the Gulf of Mexico during World War I. In 1920, the camp was renamed Camp Michie in honor of Brigadier General Robert Edward Lee Michie, who died in combat in France in 1918. The federal government officially closed the camp and surplused the property in 1923. (2006)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• San Felipe Creek — 0.4 mi
  The spring-fed creek that made Del Rio, rising from the third largest springs in Texas and running past swimming holes and a hike-and-bike trail through town.
• Whitehead Memorial Museum — 1.3 mi
  A village of old Del Rio buildings set along a working irrigation canal, from an 1870 store to a 1925 doctor's office, with Judge Roy Bean buried on the grounds.
• Val Verde Winery — 1.6 mi
  The family winery an Italian immigrant founded on Del Rio's irrigated land in 1883, which outlasted Prohibition by selling table grapes and kept Texas wine alive into the 1970s.
• Amistad National Recreation Area — 9.2 mi
  The American side of the reservoir the United States and Mexico finished in 1969 where three rivers meet, with painted shelters still reachable by boat when the water allows.

More markers nearby

• Cal Rodgers and the Vin Fiz — steps away
• Val Verde County — steps away
• U. S. Army Camel Corps — steps away
• Site of Camp Del Rio — 0.2 mi