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	'''Fort Elliott''' (1875-1890) - Established as [[Cantonment on the Sweetwater]], Jun 1875, by Major [[H.C. Bankhead]] {{Cullum\|1484}}, [[4th U.S. Cavalry]] & [[19th U.S. Infantry]]. The post was renamed Fort Elliott in Feb 1876 after Major [[Joel A. Elliott]] who died in the battle of Washita. Closed 20 Oct 1890. Also known as [[Camp on the North Fork, Red River]]; [[Cantonment North Fork, Red River]] and [[New Post on the Sweetwater]]		'''Fort Elliott''' (1875-1890) - Established as [[Cantonment on the Sweetwater]], Jun 1875, by Major [[H.C. Bankhead]] {{Cullum\|1484}}, [[4th U.S. Cavalry]] & [[19th U.S. Infantry]]. The post was renamed Fort Elliott in Feb 1876 after Major [[Joel A. Elliott]] who died in the battle of Washita. Closed 20 Oct 1890. Also known as [[Camp on the North Fork, Red River]]; [[Cantonment North Fork, Red River]] and [[New Post on the Sweetwater]]
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	~~{{SocialNetworks}}~~		'''Fort Elliott''' (1875-1890) - Established as [[Cantonment on the Sweetwater]], Jun 1875, by Major [[H.C. Bankhead]] {{Cullum\|1484}}, [[4th U.S. Cavalry]] & [[19th U.S. Infantry]]. The post was renamed Fort Elliott in Feb 1876 after Major [[Joel A. Elliott]] who died in the battle of Washita. Closed 20 Oct 1890. Also known as [[Camp on the North Fork, Red River]]; [[Cantonment North Fork, Red River]] and [[New Post on the Sweetwater]]
	'''~~{{PAGENAME}}~~ (1875-1890)~~'''~~ - Established as [[Cantonment on the Sweetwater]], Jun 1875, by Major [[H.C. Bankhead]] {{Cullum\|1484}}, [[4th U.S. Cavalry]] & [[19th U.S. Infantry]]. The post was renamed Fort Elliott in Feb 1876 after Major [[Joel A. Elliott]] who died in the battle of Washita. Closed 20 Oct 1890. Also known as [[Camp on the North Fork, Red River]]; [[Cantonment North Fork, Red River]] and [[New Post on the Sweetwater]]		<gallery>
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	== History==		== History==
	Fort Elliott normally housed fewer than 200 men. After 1883 a company of forty Indian scouts was also stationed at the post. In 1879 a company of the black [[10th U.S. Cavalry]] was assigned to the garrison. Companies of the black [[24th U.S. Infantry]] and [[9th U.S. Cavalry]], served there between 1880 and 1888. Between 1881 and 1884 Fort Elliott's troops were all black. The officers were all white with the exception of Lt. [[Henry O. Flipper]], the first black graduate of West Point {{Cullum\|2690}}.		Fort Elliott normally housed fewer than 200 men. After 1883 a company of forty Indian scouts was also stationed at the post. In 1879 a company of the black [[10th U.S. Cavalry]] was assigned to the garrison. Companies of the black [[24th U.S. Infantry]] and [[9th U.S. Cavalry]], served there between 1880 and 1888. Between 1881 and 1884 Fort Elliott's troops were all black. The officers were all white with the exception of Lt. [[Henry O. Flipper]], the first black graduate of West Point {{Cullum\|2690}}.
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'''{{PAGENAME}} (1875-1890)''' - Established as [[Cantonment on the Sweetwater]], Jun 1875, by Major [[H.C. Bankhead]] {{Cullum|1484}}, [[4th U.S. Cavalry]] & [[19th U.S. Infantry]]. The post was renamed Fort Elliott in Feb 1876 after Major [[Joel A. Elliott]] who died in the battle of Washita. Closed 20 Oct 1890. Also known as [[Camp on the North Fork, Red River]]; [[Cantonment North Fork, Red River]] and [[New Post on the Sweetwater]]
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== History==
Fort Elliott normally housed fewer than 200 men. After 1883 a company of forty Indian scouts was also stationed at the post. In 1879 a company of the black [[10th U.S. Cavalry]] was assigned to the garrison. Companies of the black [[24th U.S. Infantry]] and [[9th U.S. Cavalry]], served there between 1880 and 1888. Between 1881 and 1884 Fort Elliott's troops were all black. The officers were all white with the exception of Lt. [[Henry O. Flipper]], the first black graduate of West Point {{Cullum|2690}}.

The main function of Fort Elliott was to stop small hunting parties of Indians from entering the Panhandle and those trying to escape the reservation. By the mid-1880s the garrison was policing the cattle industry, keeping Panhandle stock off the reservation, and supervising southern Texas herds being driven north through Indian land.

In 1887 the railroad bypassed Fort Elliott and by 1890 the Army had decided to close the fort.

==Current Status==
A set of roadside markers identify the location of the fort along Hwy 152 at the Mobeetie Rest Stop just west of Mobeetie. The original flagpole from the fort and a jail cell from the fort are on display at the Old Mobeetie Jail Museum in Mobeetie.
== Picture Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Fort Elliott Markers (2).jpg|Fort Elliott Texas Roadside Marker
File:Fort Elliott Markers (1).jpg|Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Elliott Marker
File:Fort Elliott Flag Pole Mkrs.jpg|Fort Elliott Flag Pole Marker
File:Fort Elliott Markers.jpg|Battle of Sweetwater Marker
File:Battle of Sweetwater Creek Mkr.jpg|Battle of Sweetwater Creek Marker & Sculpture
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'''Location:''' Located about a mile west of Mobeetie,<br>Wheeler County, Texas on Hwy. 152.

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* {{GPSLinkLong|Lat=35.51783|Lon=-100.45680}} Fort Elliott Roadside Markers
* {{GPSLinkLong|Lat=35.50999|Lon=-100.44267}} Old Mobeetie Jail Museum

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'''Sources:'''
* {{Frazer}}, page 149.
* {{Hart}}, page 159.

'''Links: '''
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/tx-west.html#elliot North American Forts - Fort Elliot]
* [https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qbf18 The Handbook of Texas OnLine - Fort Elliot]

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