On Sept. 24, 1918, as the national press covered the escalating influenza epidemic on the East Coast, Dallas Health Officer Dr. A.W. Carnes warned his community to expect a visit soon from the rapidly spreading disease.

Closer to home, some 700 cases of influenza were reported to exist among the soldiers at Camp Logan, near Houston. Conditions at the camp were so bad that medical personnel had to erect temporary emergency hospitals to care for patients.

Several other Texas locations reported small numbers of cases as well, as did Camp Bowie outside of nearby Fort Worth.