Post Park is a small county park in

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, United States. The park is the site of Peña Colorado Springs. This year-round spring long-provided fresh water to the

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and other nomadic native peoples, serving as a stop on the Comanche Trail. Beginning in 1879, the springs were the site of the

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's Camp Peña Colorado. In 1884, the 10th Cavalry, also known as the buffalo soldiers were stationed at the Camp. The Army abandoned the Camp in 1893. The land around the springs was donated to Brewster County in 1935. Post Park is a site on the

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's Texas Mountain Trail.

External links

Post Park on the Texas Mountain Trail

Camp Peña Colorado
at the

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Parks in Texas Protected areas of Brewster County, Texas {{BrewsterCountyTX-geo-stub