The Davis Mountains are a range of mountains in West Texas, located near Fort Davis, after which they are named. They are a popular site for camping and hiking. There is also a resort, called the Indian Lodge, where people can stay instead of in a tent. The McDonald Observatory is located on one of the mountains. West Texas is a region in Texas which has more in common geographically with the Southwestern United States than it does with East Texas and North Texas. ...
The DavisMountains, the "Texas Alps," are the second highest range in Texas.
The highest elevation in the DavisMountains is 8,378-foot Mount Livermore, the fifth-highest peak in the state; several other peaks in the range rise to over 7,000 feet above sea level.
Because of the rain, the DavisMountains have temperate vegetation not found in the surrounding desert lowlands, such as yellow and limber pine, dwarf gray oak, Texas oak, and fl cherry.
It is ironic that the story of Fort Davis and its surrounding area has not been told from this angle; a phenomenon that reflects as much the maturing of the history of America (and of Texas) as it does the avoidance or denial of local citizens to delve into their storied past.
What these numbers seemed to reflect was the natural decline of the DavisMountains population base caused by the closure of the post, along with the stabilization of sex ratios, family size, and balance of ethnic groups brought to the area by military service and support.
Indicative of the multiracial character of Fort Davis was the receptive audience that Bloys found among Hispanics, whom the minister reached through the translations of Robert Fair, a fl veteran who remained in town after the departure of the fl units and who served as custodian of the post in the early 1890s.
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