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| [[Category:Texas Forts]]
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| '''Fort Leaton (1848-)''' - Established by Ben Leaton in 1848 as a fortified trading post. He died of yellow fever on a trip to New Orleans in 1951. The building was 192 feet square with an internal courtyard 30' by 60' and a corral that was
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| '''Location:''' The park is located 4 miles southeast of Presidio on the River Road to the Big Bend, (FM 170) Texas.
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| * Latitude: 29.54389
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| * Longitude: -104.3275
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/spdest/findadest/parks/fort_leaton/ Fort Leaton State Historic Site]
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