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* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/tx-ncent.html#johnston1 North American Forts - Fort Johnston] | * [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/tx-ncent.html#johnston1 North American Forts - Fort Johnston] | ||
Revision as of 17:08, 2 November 2011
Fort Johnston (1) (1840-1841) - Established in 1840 by Republic of Texas 1st Infantry companies D and E under the command of Captain John Holliday and named (probably) for Albert Sidney Johnston. Post abandoned in 1841. Also known as Fort Johnson (2)
Fort Johnston (1) History
Established in 1840 at the direction of Colonel William G. Cooke by two Republic of Texas 1st Infantry companies under the command of Captain John Holliday. The fort was one of a number of frontier forts established by Albert Sidney Johnston, Republic of Texas Secretary of War, to stop hostile Comanche Indian raids.
The post was abandoned in May 1841.
Current Status
Only a road marker remains.
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Location: Just west of Fink, a few miles from Lake Texoma, Texas. Map location not accurate. Maps & Images Lat: 33.802366 Long: -96.687884 |
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 766
- Pierce, Gerald S., Texas Under Arms: The Camps, Posts, Forts & Military Towns of the Republic of Texas 1836-1846, Encino Press, Austin TX, 1969, ISBN/ASIN: B0006CYB9I, page 80
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