Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria Fort Lowell Museum Public Park and Museum 2900 N. Craycroft Road Tucson, AZ 85712 Phone: 520-885-3832 Camp Lowell was first established in 1866 on the outskirts of Tucson. Due to unhealthy...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria (1846 - 1867, 1875 - 1894), Santa Fe, New Mexico This was the first American fort built in this state. It was built with adobe, had a dry-moat, and mounted 13 cannons. In the 1850's most...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria Marker Title: El Fortin del Cibolo City: Shafter vicinity County: Presidio Year Marker Erected: 1992 Designations: Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Marker Location: SH 67, 5 miles N. of...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria Fort Lancaster P.O. Box 306 Sheffield TX 79781 Phone: 432-836-4391 or 800-792-1112 Fort Lancaster is located 8 miles east of Sheffield on U.S. Hwy. 290 (a scenic loop off of IH-10). Take...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria Fort Leaton State Historical Park, consisting of 23.4 acres, five of which are the site of a pioneer trading post, is located in Presidio County. The park was acquired December 8, 1967, by...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria This fort was a Civil War earthwork fortification on the east shore of Matagorda Island constructed to guard Cavallo Pass, the entry to Matagorda Bay. It was built in 1861 when it was...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria Quartermaster's Storehouse Fort Grant Circa 1885 Fort Grant, now a prison, was originally a United States Army Cavalry Post. Because of unhealthy living conditions at Old Camp...
Part of our in-depth series exploring the forts of Apacheria History Fort Huachuca is a product of the Indian Wars of the 1870s and 1880s. In February 1877, Colonel August B. Kautz, commander of the Department of Arizona, ordered that a camp...
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