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Old forts of the Southwest

by Hart, Herbert M.
Additional authors: Ill. -- Hartle, Paul J.
Published by : Bonanza Books (New York) Physical details: 192 p. Year: 1964
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sw 900 - 999 Book Cart 355.70976 Har (Browse shelf) Available In Memory of : Tommy Rupert 42820

Includes Index




War on the plains --
The forts --
The early days. Fort Washita, Oklahoma ; Fort Arbuckle, Oklahoma ; Fort Belknap, Texas ; Cantonment Burgwin, New Mexico ; The Alamo and Fort Sam Houston, Texas ; Fort Lancaster ; Fort Terrett, Texas ; Fort Martin Scott, Texas --
Robert E. Lee was here. Fort Brown, Texas ; Fort Ringgold, Texas ; Camp Cooper, Texas ;Fort Phantom Hill, Texas ; Fort Chadbourne, Texas ; Fort Inge, Texas ; Fort Mason, Texas --
The camel experiment. Camp Verde, Texas ; Camp Hudson, Texas ; Fort Davis, Texas ; Fort Defiance, Arizona ; Fort Tejon, California ; The posts at Benicia, California --
Road to Santa Fe. Fort Larned, Kansas ; Fort Zarah, Kansas ; Fort Mann and Atkinson, Kansas ; Bent's Forts and Fort Wise, Colorado ; Barclay's Fort, New Mexico --
Gray clouds from the South. Fort Fillmore, New Mexico ; Fort Bliss, Texas ; Fort Smith, Oklahoma and Arkansas ; Fort Towson, Oklahoma ; Fort Scott, Kansas ; Fort Gibson, Oklahoma --
They called him "Kit". Camp Nichols, Oklahoma ; Fort Stanton, New Mexico ; Fort Massachusetts and Garland, Colorado ; Fort Lyon, Colorado --
The commanders. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas ; Fort Riley, Kansas ; Fort Sill, Oklahoma ; Fort Marcy and Post Santa Fe, New Mexico ; Fort Union, New Mexico --
The way West, young man. Fort Stockton, Texas ; Fort Quitman, Texas ; Fort Elliott, Texas ; Fort Bissell, Kansas --
The wild ones. Fort Hays, Kansas ; Fort Dodge, Kansas ; Fort Griffin, Texas ; Loma Parda, New Mexico --
Campaigning with Phil Sheridan. Fort Supply, Oklahoma ; Cimarron Redoubt, Kansas ; Fort Wallace, Kansas ; Fort Harker, Kansas ; Fort Cobb, Oklahoma ; Fort Reno, Oklahoma --
Mackenzie's Raiders. Fort Richardson, Texas ; Fort Clark, Texas ; Fort McKavett, Texas ; Fort Concho, Texas --
A directory of military forts of the Southwest.

"Author Hart finds the crumbling adobe walls of the western forts to be virtually permeated with these rapidly being forgotten memories, and extracts them with story and picture just in time to prevent them from returning to the dust from which they came."--Inside front dust cover.

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