FORT WINSLOW COLORADO
| FORT STANTON, Fort Stanton - Ft. Stanton is comprised of 15 historic and and newer residential buildings operated by Dept. of Corrections. From Albuquerque, take I-25 south to US Hwy 380 east. Between the towns of Capitan and Lincoln, turn right on Rt. 220. A few miles down the road is Fort Stanton! general notes: The Fort Stanton Partnership, which is comprised of the Bureau of Land Management Roswell Field Office, the Ruidoso Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Mescalero Apache Tribe, the County of Lincoln, the Lincoln County Historical Society, and Fort Stanton, Inc. Fort Stanton was established on May 4, 1855 to protect Hispanic settlements along the Rio Bonito from Apache raids. Home to Kit Carson, John "Black Jack" Pershing, Billy the Kid, and hundreds of Buffalo Soldiers, the fort remained an active part of the Western frontier until it was decommissioned in 1896. Fort Stanton later became America's first federal tuberculosis hospital and first German internment camp during World War II. The Fort also served as home to Japanese interned during the war, persons with mental and developmental disabilities, and State prisoners recovering from substance abuse. |
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