About Eagle Pass, Texas

General- The first U.S. settlement at site on the Rio Grande began during the Mexican War with the establishment of a temporary Camp Eagle Pass. In 1849 a permanent Fort Duncan was founded. Today Eagle Pass is an international gateway and tourist center, seat of Maverick County, and retail shipping center for 40,000-acre irrigated winter-garden region. The international bridge to Piedras Negras, just across the Rio Grande, connects U.S. 57 with Mexico 57 that leads to Monclova, Sattillo, San Luis Potosi and Mexico City. Portions of the route go through the scenic areas of the Sierra Madres. Sportsmen enjoy fishing for the famous (and huge) Rio Grande catfish, hunting for white-tailed deer and upland game birds. Eight miles south is 125-acre site developed as a federal reservation for Kickapoo Indians, a tribe that for years had special border-crossing permission.
Fort Duncan- Established 1849 and occupied by three companies of 1st U.S. Infant Regiment. During the Civil War, the post was occupied by Confederate troops of the Frontier Regiment. Federal troops reoccupied the post in 1868; it remained under military authority until 1916. Many restored stone buildings form the center of a municipal park and spacious country club.

For more information concerning Eagle Pass please visit the: Eagle Pass Chamber of Commerce, the definitive website about our city. They have all the information anyone could possibly want, from educational facilities to restaurants to a complete listing of churches.