Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Wadsworth, Richard

Forgotten Fortress : Fort Millard Fillmore and antebellum New Mexico, 1851-1862 Richard Wadsworth - Las Cruces, N.M. Yucca Tree Press 2002. - vi, 410 p. ill. ; 24 cm. - Frontier forts and people series 4 .

Recalls a most exciting era in New Mexico history, a most important historic site, and the people who served there. Fort Millard Fillmore was the first U.S. Army fort established in southern New Mexico territory. Its primary purpose was to control the various Apache bands that roamed through the area.

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