Fort Union (3)

Fort Union (3) (1851-1894) - A U.S. Army post established in 1851 by Lt. Colonel Edwin V. Sumner, 1st U.S. Dragoons, in Mora County, New Mexico. Abandoned in 1894.

Current Status

Fort Union National Monument, Mora County, New Mexico. Adobe ruins.

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USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 915784

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Location: Fort Union National Monument, Mora County, New Mexico. Maps & Images Lat: 35.9072222 Long: -105.0116667 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 6785'

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 532-533
• Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2,page 106

Links:

• North American Forts - Fort Union
• Wikipedia - Fort Union
• NPS - Fort Union

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