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== Current Status ==
== Current Status ==
No period guns or mounts in place.
Fort Selden State Monument.
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'''Location:''' Fort Selden National Monument, Dona Ana County, New Mexico.
'''Location:''' Fort Selden State Monument, Dona Ana County, New Mexico.


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Revision as of 07:42, 2 March 2010

Fort Selden (2) (1865-1891) - Established on 8 May 1865 by the order of Gen. James H. Carleton. Named after Col. Henry R. Selden. Abandoned in 1891.

Fort Selden (2) History

Current Status

Fort Selden State Monument.

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Location: Fort Selden State Monument, Dona Ana County, New Mexico.

Maps & Images

Lat: 32.483611 Long: -106.919444

  • Multi Maps from ACME
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  • Maps from Google
  • Elevation: 4,000'

Sources:

  • Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 529-530

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