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These are views of soldiers and buildings at Fort Lyon, Colorado, and Fort Union, New Mexico. Fort Lyon was active from 1868 through 1888. It was laid out as a typical 19th-century western military fort possessing a central parade ground surrounded by officers' row in the north, company quarters on the east and west, and the headquarters building to the south. Fort Union was established in 1851 as the guardian of the Santa Fe Trail. During it's forty-year history, three different forts were constructed close together. The third Fort Union was the largest in the American Southwest and functioned as a military garrison, territorial arsenal, and military supply depot for the southwest.
Creator: Riddle, J. R.
Date: Between 1886 and 1890
Item Number: 209600
Call Number: Ft. Lyon/Union photo collection
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 209600
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Military
Built Environment - Function - Defense - Fortification
Business and Industry - Occupations/Professions - Military
Collections - Photograph - Fort Lyon and Fort Union
Date - 1880s - 1886
Date - 1890s
Military - Facilities - Forts
Military - Service - Army - Cavalry - 6th Cavalry
Military - Service - Army - Infantry - 10th Infantry
Military - Service - Army - Infantry - 22nd Infantry
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph - Dry plate glass negatives
Places - Other States - Colorado
Places - Other States - New Mexico
Thematic Time Period - Civil War, 1861 - 1865
Thematic Time Period - Trails, 1821 - 1880 - Santa Fe Trail
Transportation - Trails - Santa Fe
Type of Material - Photographs - Format - Dry plate glass negatives
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