This publication is one of a series of handbooks describing the historical and archeological areas in the National Park System.

Illustrations: Lt. William H.C. Whiting -- Bvt. Maj. Gen. Persifor F. Smith commanded the Dept. of Texas in 1854 -- Lt. Col. Washington Seawell, 8th Infantry, built Fort Davis in 1854 -- A Comanche warrior / Frederic Remington -- An overland station: Indians coming in with the stage / Frederic Remington -- Regulations prescribed this uniform for infantrymen in the 1850's -- Inspecting Fort Davis in 1856 -- Assistant surgeon Albert J. Myer in 1854 -- An Army signal station at night -- From Myer's Manual of Signals, 1864 -- The Bursting of the chrysalis and the Omnipotent bugler / Frederic Remington -- A troop of the 9th Cavalry arrayed in dress uniform -- The 25th Infantry garrisoned Fort Davis, 1883 -- Company of enlisted men of the regiment in dress uniform: -- Fort Davis in October 1867 -- Lt. Col. Wesley Merritt, 9th Cavalry -- Fort Davis in 1875 -- William R. (Pecos Bill) Shafter -- Regimental band -- West Texas trails 1850-60 -- Apache homelands -- Col. Benjamin H. Grierson -- Charge / Frederic Remington -- Two aspects of Apache strength: a Mescalero warrior in the 1870's and a Mescalero medicine man, 10 years later -- Victorio, chief of the Warm Springs Apaches -- Three Apache warriors -- Kaetenay, Nana, and San Juan -- Fort Davis in 1887 -- Fort Davis in 1963.