Laredo: Fort McIntosh

Two storey building with screened in porch on second floor

Former Fort McIntosh Officers Quarters (Laredo Community College)

Portrait of David Bennes Barkley Cantú

David Bennes Barkley Cantú (Library of Congress)

Division of soldiers marching in formation across a field

89th Division training before deployment to Europe. (NARA)

Group of soldiers posing for a picture behind an earthen bunker

David Barkley Cantú and the 89th Division at war. (Library of Congress)

David Barkley Cantú lies in rest in the San Antonio National Cemetery, Section G. (The Texas Underground)

Fort McIntosh was an important Army post established in 1849 following the Mexican-American War. When the Mexican Revolution broke out in 1910, Army troops were deployed to protect the area from Mexican rebels. It was closed after World War II, and became the site of Laredo Junior College - to prepare returning soldiers for America’s new workforce

Fort McIntosh Historic District

  • West End Washington Street at Laredo Community College, Laredo, TX
  • 956-721-5140
  • Visit Website
  • National Register of Historic Places
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