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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AOS_fort-stanton-medical-center_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
Established in Eighteen Hundred Fifty Five as a fort and cavalry post to control Geronimo's Mescalero Apaches. Named after Captain Henry W. Stanton, First United States Dragoons, who was killed in action with the Indians. By a Presidential proclam…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AIJ_japanese-segregation-camp-no-1_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
During 1945, 17 men of Japanese ancestry were imprisoned here in what was officially known as Japanese Segregation Camp No. 1. Shortly after Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor, the federal government confined more than 120,000 Japanese American cit…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM28XA_fort-stanton_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
Named for Captain Henry W. Stanton, Fort Stanton was established May 4, 1855 as a military fort to protect settlers from Apache attacks. Operated as a military fortification until 1896, it played a part in the Civil War, was the first Tuberculosi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1XVJ_american-merchant-marine-monuments-historical_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
In Memory Of The Men And Women Of The American Merchant Marine ———————————- American Merchant Marine Veterans This ancient anchor is a tribute to Merchant Mariners the wor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MAX_officers-quarters_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
Built in 1855, as a single story, gabled roof structure of simple design and construction, this building housed officers and their families. It was here that 2nd Lieutenant John J. Pershing was quartered in 1887 and where he met his future wife. O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M96_officers-quarters_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
Constructed in 1855, this building was originally a single story complex of four quarters for officers and their families. It has evolved over time to be more spacious and comfortable with a second story, bay windows and covered porches. Seen in t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M95_barracks-dining-hall_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
Photo etching caption: Soldiers of the 10th Infantry Co. E in front of the barracks in 1892 This building, like most, has been modified numerous times to suit the needs of the entities that managed it. Originally built in 1855 as a barracks fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M94_commanding-officers-quarters_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
During the Army era, the fort's commander and his family lived in this beautiful stone structure. During the Hospital's tenure, it was the residence of the Medical Officer in Charge. Over the years, it is the only building that has remained relati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M86_l-g-murphy-sutler-store_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
On the site located 100 yards west of this sign resided the L.G. Murphy Sutler Store (the post trader). Begun in 1866 by Lawrence G. Murphy and Emil Fritz (both former Dragoons stationed at Fort Stanton), it was a large, rambling, adobe structure …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M82_commissary-warehouse_Fort-Stanton-NM.html
Photo etchings caption: Building 12, torn down in 1930, was actually attached to Building 13. When it was taken down, a chunk of the roof fell into a lady's bedroom. Originally built in 1855 of adobe, the building that occupied this location w…
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