Fort Bliss, TX

Fort Bliss is a United States Army post in New Mexico and Texas, with its headquarters in El Paso, Texas. S. Bliss. The Replica Museum is located next to the Noel Parade Field and depicts the Post at the Magoffinsville site. This five building museum was authentically constructed with adobe bricks and painted stucco, and includes a sutler store, bunkhouse, blacksmith shop, saddlery, and a pottery kiln. Public schools serving military families residing on the installation are operated by EPISD under agreements involving federally owned property on the post. Fort Bliss's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Texas setting.

The local scoop is how Fort Bliss's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Fort Bliss is the largest installation in the United States Army Forces Command and second-largest in the Army overall, the largest being the adjacent White Sands Missile Range. William Wallace Smith Bliss,, U.S. Army officer, private secretary, and son-in-law of President Zachary Taylor. Fort Bliss is located in El Paso County, Texas and Doña Ana / Otero counties, New Mexico in the Southwestern United States.