Bob Stone Camp
Nocona, Montague County, Texas
Marker Inscription
In 1880, the Bob Stone Camp began in Montague County as a means for Confederate veterans of the Civil War to gather. Named in honor of deceased Col. Bob Stone, the camp hosted annual summer reunions for veterans and their families in the area. By 1893, the Bob Stone Camp joined the United Confederate Veterans (UCV), a national association. In 1899, Nocona became the permanent home of the Bob Stone Camp, on land west of town donated by D.C. Jordan. Summer programs featured presentations and events attended by Confederate and Union veterans, families and friends from north Texas and Oklahoma. The Bob Stone Camp was active until the last local Civil War veterans died in the 1940s. (2019)
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
Founded in 1880 and named for the late Col. Bob Stone, this camp gave Confederate veterans of Montague County a place to gather for annual summer reunions with their families. It joined the national United Confederate Veterans in 1893 and settled permanently at Nocona in 1899 on donated land. Notably, its programs drew both Confederate and Union veterans from north Texas and Oklahoma, and the camp stayed active until the last local Civil War veterans died in the 1940s.
Why it matters
The camp shows how a generation of Civil War veterans processed the war through memory and reunion, and how old adversaries sometimes shared the same fairgrounds a lifetime later.
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Related people
- · Col. Bob Stone
- · D.C. Jordan
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