Moore Field
Posted by: 
PeterNoG
N 26° 22.784 W 098° 19.796
14R E 566842 N 2917911
This Texas Historical Marker is in a small pullout beside Moore Field (now the USDA's Moore Air Base). It's on FM 681, 1.2 miles north of FM 1925.
Waymark Code: WMJPW7
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/15/2013
Views: 7
Marker Title: Moore Field
Address:
City: Mission
County: Hidalgo
Subject Codes: World War II; aviation; military topics
Year Marker Erected: 1981
Designations: na
Marker Location: from Mission, take FM 2993 north about 8 miles to FM 1925, then take FM 1925 west about 2 miles, then go north on FM 681 about 1 mile
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 3457
Marker Text:
A United States aviation training field, originally financed by the nearby cities of Edinburg, McAllen and Mission, was started here in 1941. Named for Lt. Frank M. Moore, a pilot killed in World War I, it was used for the training of World War II airmen. After the field was closed in 1945, the facilities were shared by a tri-cities commercial airport and the Weaver H. Baker Memorial Tuberculosis Hospital. Reactivated as Moore Air Force Base during the Korean War of the 1950s, the site has housed research offices of the United States Department of Agriculture since 1960.
(1981)
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