Pest Camp Fort Prairie #2 in Austin, Texas

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Tannehill Lane near MLK-183, Austin, TX
Austin, Texas, USA

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According to a February 8, 2023 article written by Lanny Ottosen with the Travis County Historical Commission in Austin, Texas, "A History of Travis County Pest Camps 1881-1938," Fort Prairie Pest Camp #2 was in active operation outside the then Austin city limits during the smallpox epidemic of 1916-1917. Two Catholic sisters from the Daughters of Charity and five nurses from the Seton Infirmary School of Nursing volunteered to care for the patients until the camp was closed down in June 1917. Thirty-five deaths were reported in the camp, and most or all of these victims were buried in a cemetery onsite.