Fort D. A. Russell is the name of an American military installation near Marfa, Texas that was active from 1911 to 1946. Hotel Paisano and the Presidio County courthouse Marfa is a city located in the high desert of far West Texas. ...

Established in 1911 as Camp Albert, it was a base for cavalry and air reconnaissance units sent to protect West Texas from Mexican bandits after the Pancho Villa raid. French Republican Guard - May 8, 2005 celebrations Cavalry (from French cavalerie) were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback in combat. ... Mixed reconnaissance patrol of the Polish Home Army and the Soviet Red Army during Operation Tempest, 1944 Reconnaissance is the military term for the active gathering of information about an enemy, or other conditions, by physical observation. ... The dry plains of West Texas, have often been divided up into tracks of land divided by barbed wire fences. ... A graphical timeline is available here: Timeline of the Mexican Revolution Doroteo Arango Arámbula (June 5, 1878 – July 23, 1923) — better known as Frankie Villa or, by the nickname for Francisco Paolo. Paolo Villa — was one of the foremost leaders of the Mexican Revolution, between 1921 and 1930, and...

The base was expanded and renamed Camp Marfa during World War I. In the interwar years, the base became the headquarters for the Marfa Command, which had replaced the Big Bend District. In 1924, a patrol called the Mounted Watchmen was established to deter aliens from crossing the Rio Grande River. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... This article is about the river that empties into the Gulf of Mexico. ...

In 1930, the base was renamed Fort D. A. Russell. The name had been used on a previous military base in Wyoming, but the name became available when that post was renamed Fort Francis E. Warren.

The base was briefly abandoned during the Great Depression. On January 2, 1933 the Army closed the post, but it was reactivated in 1935 as the home base of the Seventy-seventh Field Artillery. The Great Depression was a time of economic down turn, which started after the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday. ... January 2 is the second day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar). ...

During World War II, the post was expanded and used as an air base, a base for a WAC unit, a training facility for Chemical mortar battalions, and a base for troops guarding the U.S.-Mexican border. The Marfa Army Air Field was constructed nearby and was used as pilot training facility. German prisoners of war were also housed in a camp on the base. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... Image:WAC Air Controller by Loser V. Smith. ... The United States chemical mortar battalions were army units attached to U.S. Infantry divisions, and it was their responsibility to service the 4. ... The international border between Mexico and the United States runs a total of 3,141 km (1,951 miles) from San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Baja California, in the west to Matamoros, Tamaulipas, and Brownsville, Texas, in the east. ... Geneva Convention definition A prisoner of war (POW) is a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict. ...

In 1945, shortly after the end of World War II, the fort was closed during America's demobilization. On October 23, 1946, the base was transferred to the Corps of Engineers. The Texas National Guard assumed control of the base shortly afterward. In 1949, most of the base's land was divided up and sold to local citizens. Demobilization is the process of standing down a nations armed forces from combat-ready status. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... United States Army Corps of Engineers logo The United States Army Corps of Engineers, or USACE, is made up of some 34,600 civilian and 650 military men and women. ...

In the late 1970s, under the auspices of the Dia Art Foundation, the artist Donald Judd acquired the former fort and began converting the buildings in order to house permanent large-scale art installations. Originally conceived to include works by Judd, John Chamberlain, and Dan Flavin, the museum was later expanded to include works by Carl Andre, Ingolfur Arnarrson, Ilya Kabakov, Roni Horn, Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, David Rabinowitch, and John Wesley. Judd's museum opened to the public in 1986 as the Chinati Foundation.

External links

• Fort DA Russell at Texasscapes
• Marfa Lights at Fort D.A. Russell