![Adobe Courthouse in Sierra Blaca](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20071120022235im_/http://www.traveltex.com/images/database_images/big/2006/pg5856.jpg)
Photographer: J. Griffis Smith
Under a neat white stucco sheath, the Hudspeth County Courthouse is the Southwest's only in-use governmental structure of adobe. It's a popular snapshot subject. A replica of old Fort Hancock is on display, the last fort built to protect against Native Americans (1882-1895).