Category:Fort Chadbourne

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Fort Chadbourne (1852-1868) - established on 28 Oct 1852, by companies A and K of the 8th Infantry. It was named for 2d Lt. Theodore Lincoln Chadbourne, who was killed at the battle of Resaca de la Palma in the Mexican War.

Built on the Butterfield Overland Mail route, it was originally called Camp on Oak Creek. It was surrendered to Confederate Col. Henry E. McCulloch on February 28, 1861. Fort Chadbourne was occupied briefly by United States troops after the Civil War, but lack of water forced its abandonment in 1868 and the troops were transferred to Fort Concho.

Stabilization of the site is underway and several buildings have been restored. The site owners are donating Fort Chadbourne to the newly formed Fort Chadbourne Foundation. Fort Chadbourne is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is open to the public.

Location: on Oak Creek near what is now U.S. Highway 277 eleven miles northeast of Bronte in extreme northeast Coke County.

Links:

• Texas Handbook
• Fort Chadbourne Site]
• [fortchad@taylortel.com]

Publications:

• Arrie Barrett, Western Frontier Forts of Texas, 1845-1861, West Texas Historical Association Year Book 7, 1931
• M. L. Crimmins, Experiences of an Army Surgeon at Fort Chadbourne, West Texas Historical Association Yearbook 15, 1939
• John Leeds Kerr and Frank Donovan, Destination Topolobampo: The Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railway, San Marino, California: Golden West, 1968
• Jewell G. Pritchett, From the Top of Old Hayrick: A Narrative History of Coke County, Abilene, Texas: Pritchett, 1980