Marker Inscription
Huge World War II training base, Camp Bowie was a home of the "Texas" 36th Division and trained many other units, including the "Dixie" 31st, 4th, and 13th Armored; and 113th Cavalry. It was also Seventh Headquarters of Special Troops, Fourth Army. Here, too, Gen. Walter Krueger was Commander of the VIII Corps Area Troops. The camp had a capacity of 45,000. Commanders were Col. K.L. Berry, Gen. C.V. Birkhead, Col. F.E. Bonney, Col. A.G. Brown, and Col. K.F. Hanst. Camp operated Sept. 1940 to 1946, when 45th Div. was deactivated. It was named for James Bowie, hero of the Alamo siege, 1836. (1968)
About this site
Camp Bowie is a historical marker in Brownwood, Brown County, dedicated in 1968. It is one of 54 historical markers documented in Brown County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 74 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.6786, -98.9925 near Brownwood. The nearest cataloged historic site is Prisoners of War at Camp Bowie (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Adams-Shaw House, Greenleaf Cemetery, and Howard, Robert E..
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5049004918. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
