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the 10th Cavalry was Lt. Henry O.
Flipper, the first black graduate of West
Point Military Academy. Next, in 1885,
the 10th Cavalry moved to Arizona to
chase Geronimo and other Apaches still
raiding, and the Third Cavalry manned
the post, followed by a temporary
detachment of the 18th Infantry. The
post was closed in 1893.
Today only a few of the buildings
remain on private land, utilized by the
Combs family on their Post Ranch. One
former officer quarters served as the
home of ranch manager Blas Payne, the
grandson of one of the Seminole-Negro
Scouts who saw duty at Peña Colorado.
These scouts were descendants of slaves
who had taken refuge among and inter-
married with the Seminole Indians of
the Florida region. After many of the
Seminoles were removed to Indian
Territory, some drifted to Texas and into
Mexico. The military enlisted some of
them to serve as scouts.
In 1935, Guy S. Combs, Nora
Combs McGehee and Lila Combs
Matthews donated five acres of land
near the spring to Brewster County for a
park in honor of Mr. and Mrs. D.S.
Combs, who had acquired the land in
1904. The Post, as the park is known, is
a popular picnic spot and swimming
hole. New interpretive signs have been
installed that explain the geology and
history of the site in more detail than the
old historical marker.
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