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'''Location:''' Fort Stanton State Monument, Lincoln, New Mexico.
'''Location:''' Fort Stanton State Monument, Lincoln, New Mexico.


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Revision as of 17:46, 2 March 2010

Fort Stanton (1) (1855-1896) - First established 4 May 1855 as a temporary camp while the permanent fort was constructed by Ltc. Dixon S. Miles, 8th U.S. Infantry. Originally named Camp Garland after Col. John Garland, 8th U.S. Infantry. The permanent post was named Fort Stanton after Capt. Henry W. Stanton, 1st U.S. Dragoons, killed by hostile Apache Indians, 19 Jan 1855, near the fort location. Abandoned in 1896.

Fort Stanton (1) History

Current Status

No period guns or mounts in place.

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Location: Fort Stanton State Monument, Lincoln, New Mexico.

Maps & Images

Lat: 33.495347 Long: -105.525098

Sources:

  • Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 530

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