Pershing Expedition, Camp Cotton, 1916

Camp Cotton, Texas, a sub-post of Fort Bliss at El Paso, was the home of the 16th Infantry 1914-1916 before the Punitive Expedition. This encampment was in the vicinity of the Franklin canal (near Bowie High).

Area: Central / Chamizal

Collection: Gertrude Fitzgerald Photographs

Source: University of Texas at El Paso Library - Special Collections Department

Reference ID: PH025-1-1-233

Uploaded by: El Paso Museum of History