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'''Fort Defiance (1851-1861)''' - Established 18 Sep 1851 by Colonel [[Edwin V. Sumner]] to patrol the Navajo Territory after several treaty attempts failed. Major [[Electus Backus]] {{Cullum|388}} built the sod and log fort. The post was abandoned on 28 Apr 1861 at the beginning of the [[U.S. Civil War]]. It became an Indian Agency in 1868.
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'''Fort Defiance (1851-1861)''' - Established 18 Sep 1851 by Colonel [[Edwin V. Sumner]]<!-- not USMA --> to patrol the Navajo Territory after several treaty attempts failed. Major [[Electus Backus]] {{Cullum|388}} built the sod and log fort. The post was abandoned on 28 Apr 1861 at the beginning of the [[U.S. Civil War]]. It became an Indian Agency in 1868.
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* Elevation: 6836'
* Elevation: 6,836'
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* [http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/ftdefiance.html Fort Defiance]
* [http://jeff.scott.tripod.com/ftdefiance.html Fort Defiance]
* [http://www.lapahie.com/Fort_Defiance.cfm From the Indian point of view]
* [http://www.lapahie.com/Fort_Defiance.cfm From the Indian point of view]
* An interesting description of the fort in 1857 is found in [https://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Gazetteer/Places/America/United_States/_Topics/history/_Texts/LESUSC/4/August*.html#Aug26 Beale's Report, August 26, 1857]


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Latest revision as of 03:55, 1 May 2020

Fort Defiance (1851-1861) - Established 18 Sep 1851 by Colonel Edwin V. Sumner to patrol the Navajo Territory after several treaty attempts failed. Major Electus Backus (Cullum 388) built the sod and log fort. The post was abandoned on 28 Apr 1861 at the beginning of the U.S. Civil War. It became an Indian Agency in 1868.


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Location: in Canyon Bonito about 60 miles northeast of the Zuni villages in Apache County. North of Gallup, New Mexico off of Hwy 491.

Maps & Images

Lat: 35.62806 Long: -108.77972

  • Multi Maps from ACME
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  • Maps from Google
  • Elevation: 6,836'

Source:

  • Post returns available Sep 1851 - Apr 1861 at Ancestry.com (by Subscription)

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