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Fort Marcy (Park)

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...

Fort Esperanza

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...

Fort Grant

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...

Fort Huachuca

  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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