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Fort Bayard place

born: [1922-01-01,1923-01-01)died/dissolved: [1922-01-01,1923-01-01)📍 32.7962, -108.1503🌐 Q3077774id: p_fort-bayard_750a46

also known as: Ft Bayard

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Summary:  Fort Bayard, New Mexico, is the site of United States Veterans Hospital No. 65, a former frontier military post turned modern hospital for tubercular ex-servicemen.
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arrived_in

Silver City, N.M.1922-06-17
cited from Image 15 of Albuquerque morning journal (Albuquerque, N.M.), June 18, 1922, (CITY EDITION) (1922)
June 18 1922 ALBUQUERQUE MORNING JOURNAL Page Five NEW HOSPITAL BUILDINGS A T FOR T BA YARD N M ARE DEDICA TED MORE THAN 800000 EXPENDED TO CARE FOR WORLD WAR VETERANS 4 fvMTfe Kwf sLfis Panorama view of two new infirmary ward buildings and mess hall costing over 800000 just comp…

established

Fort Bayard1866
cited from Apacheria in Southwest New Mexico: Exploring the Homeland of the Chiricahua Apache (Part 1) (2013)
Comprehensive overview of Chiricahua Apache history in southwest New Mexico. Covers the four main Chiricahua bands: Bedonkohe, Chihene, Chokonen, and Nednhi and their geographic territories. Details the early conflict between Chiricahua and New Spain/Mexico from the 1600s to mid-…
18661866
cited from Discover History: The Catwalk (2025)
US Forest Service history page covering the Catwalk in Whitewater Canyon, Gila National Forest. Covers gold discovery in the late 1800s; the original catwalk constructed for hauling ore from mine to mill; the Civilian Conservation Corps rebuilding the catwalk for recreation in th…

lived_at

cavalry training horses
cited from _th_Cavalry_training_horses_Fort_Bayard_New_Mexico
_th_Cavalry_training_horses_Fort_Bayard_New_Mexico Subject: Forts & fortifications Subject file: Military-Forts-New Mexico-Fort Bayard Collection: Palace of the Governors Photo Archives Collection

located_in

cited from Image 40 of El Paso herald (El Paso, Tex.), January 12, 1910, (SKYSCRAPER EDITION 1) (1910)
r r 38 EL PASO HERALD SKYSCRAPER EDITION 1910 ilver City Reports Important Mining Deals Continued from Page 37 NKW IH MX I CO COT TAG K SANATORIUM Sliver City Is In the heart of a golden climate located In tho southwestern liftrt of New Mexico at an altltudo of G000 foot Tho town…

owned

cited from Image 40 of El Paso herald (El Paso, Tex.), January 12, 1910, (SKYSCRAPER EDITION 1) (1910)
r r 38 EL PASO HERALD SKYSCRAPER EDITION 1910 ilver City Reports Important Mining Deals Continued from Page 37 NKW IH MX I CO COT TAG K SANATORIUM Sliver City Is In the heart of a golden climate located In tho southwestern liftrt of New Mexico at an altltudo of G000 foot Tho town…

provided_security_against

cited from Discover History: The Catwalk (2025)
US Forest Service history page covering the Catwalk in Whitewater Canyon, Gila National Forest. Covers gold discovery in the late 1800s; the original catwalk constructed for hauling ore from mine to mill; the Civilian Conservation Corps rebuilding the catwalk for recreation in th…

used_as

US Army's first tuberculosis hospital
cited from Discover History: The Catwalk (2025)
US Forest Service history page covering the Catwalk in Whitewater Canyon, Gila National Forest. Covers gold discovery in the late 1800s; the original catwalk constructed for hauling ore from mine to mill; the Civilian Conservation Corps rebuilding the catwalk for recreation in th…
VA hospital
cited from Discover History: The Catwalk (2025)
US Forest Service history page covering the Catwalk in Whitewater Canyon, Gila National Forest. Covers gold discovery in the late 1800s; the original catwalk constructed for hauling ore from mine to mill; the Civilian Conservation Corps rebuilding the catwalk for recreation in th…

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Postcard of Quartermaster Corps Detachment depicts Fort BayardAug 31, 1913
pottery fragments (Fort Bayard) discovered Fort Bayard30 Jul 1870
Fort Bayard established Fort Bayard1866
Fgts. Of Pottery - Painted Ware found_at Fort Bayard
Capt. W. S. Keyes lived_at Fort Bayard
company M private lived_at Fort Bayard
United States Veterans Hospital No. 65 lived_at Fort Bayard1922-06-17
Colonel Bliss lived_at Fort Bayard
Lt. Stephen Abbot lived_at Fort BayardJul 1870
Quartermaster Corps Detachment lived_at Fort BayardAug 31, 1913
Colonel Bliss lived_at Fort Bayard1890-09-05
Mrs. W. F. Kines lived_at Fort Bayard
Quartermaster Corps Detachment mustered_at Fort BayardAugust 31, 1913
Apache scouts stationed_at Fort Bayard
US Cavalry trained_horses_at Fort Bayard
The Enterprise witnessed Fort Bayard

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Discover History: The Catwalk

USDA Forest Service - Gila National Forest · 2025 · other · public_domain · details

_th_Cavalry_training_horses_Fort_Bayard_New_Mexico

Unknown · photo · General use information available at http://www.nmhistorymuseum.org/collections/photo-archives/order-photos/#publication-policy or contact Photo Archives ([email protected]) · details

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