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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. | {{PageHeader}} | ||
'''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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<googlemap lat="35.62806" lon="-108.77972" zoom="16" width="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png"> | <googlemap lat="35.62806" lon="-108.77972" zoom="16" width="-500" height="-500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png"> | ||
(F) 35.62806, -108.77972, Fort Defiance | (F) 35.62806, -108.77972, Fort Defiance | ||
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* Elevation: | * 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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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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