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'''{{PAGENAME}} (1837-1837)''' - Established in 1837 by Captain [[Thomas H. Barron]]'s company of [[Texas Rangers]] and named after Secretary of War [[William S. Fisher]]. Fisher had deployed the rangers to protect settlers after a Comanche raid at [[Fort Parker]] near Groesbeck. | |||
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'''{{PAGENAME}} (1837-1837)''' - Established in 1837 by | |width="50%"|[[Image:Fort Fisher - 06.jpg|300px|thumb|left|Texas Ranger Museum at the site of Fort Fisher]] | ||
|width="50%"|[[Image:Fort Fisher - 04.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Texas Ranger Museum at the site of Fort Fisher]] | |||
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=={{PAGENAME}} History== | =={{PAGENAME}} History== | ||
The fort was initally occupied in February 1837 by | The fort was initally occupied in February 1837 by Captain Barron's men and other Texas Rangers but proved to be poorly located and was abandoned around June 1837. | ||
==Current Status== | ==Current Status== | ||
The Fort was reconstructed in 1968 as a home for the Colonel Homer Garrison Museum and serves as headquarters for Company F of the [[Texas Rangers]]. In 1976 the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum was added to the complex. | The Fort was reconstructed in 1968 as a home for the Colonel Homer Garrison Museum and serves as headquarters for Company F of the [[Texas Rangers]]. In 1976 the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum was added to the complex. | ||
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(F) 31.555518, -97.118948,, Fort Fisher<br>(1837-1837) | (F) 31.555518, -97.118948,, Fort Fisher<br>(1837-1837) | ||
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'''Sources:''' | '''Sources:''' | ||
* | * {{Roberts}}, page 762 | ||
* {{Pierce}}, page 46 | * {{Pierce}}, page 46 | ||
'''Links: ''' | '''Links: ''' | ||
* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/tx-ncent.html#fisher North American Forts - Fort Fisher] | |||
* [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/FF/qcf4.html The Handbook of Texas OnLine] | |||
* [http://www.texasranger.org/ Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum] | * [http://www.texasranger.org/ Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum] | ||
* [http://www.forttours.com/pages/tocftfish.asp Fort Tours] | * [http://www.forttours.com/pages/tocftfish.asp Fort Tours] | ||
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{{Visited|8 Oct 2007}} | {{Visited|8 Oct 2007}} | ||
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[[Category:Texas Forts]] | [[Category:Texas Forts]] | ||
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Fort Fisher (1) (1837-1837) - Established in 1837 by Captain Thomas H. Barron's company of Texas Rangers and named after Secretary of War William S. Fisher. Fisher had deployed the rangers to protect settlers after a Comanche raid at Fort Parker near Groesbeck.
Fort Fisher (1) HistoryThe fort was initally occupied in February 1837 by Captain Barron's men and other Texas Rangers but proved to be poorly located and was abandoned around June 1837. Current StatusThe Fort was reconstructed in 1968 as a home for the Colonel Homer Garrison Museum and serves as headquarters for Company F of the Texas Rangers. In 1976 the Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum was added to the complex.
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