Fort Bayard: From Frontier Post to Tuberculosis Hospital
65, a former frontier military post turned modern hospital for tubercular ex-servicemen [4]. The post served as a cavalry training ground [1] and later operated a sanitarium with supply wagons [3]. In 1890, a soldier from Fort Bayard shot up Central City [5], and in 1891, bids were opened for the Fort Bayard beef contract [6]. By August 1913, the Quartermaster Corps Detachment mustered at the post [2]. 65 to treat tubercular World War veterans [4].
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- _th_Cavalry_training_horses_Fort_Bayard_New_Mexico ↗ · details_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
- Anonymous_no_ (1913) ↗ · detailsAnonymous*no* Notes: Black and white image of unidentified soldiers posed in formation in front of buildings constructed of wood. Image taken at Fort Bayard. Verso: Stamped on TC of card; "POST CARD". Written in black ink; "Quartermaster C…
- Anonymous_no_ ↗ · detailsAnonymous_no_ Notes: Black and white image of Fort Bayard Sanitarium. In the foreground can be seen three wagons, one a water wagon and the other two are supply wagons. An unidentified man is pictured riding a horse. Mountains can be seen …
- Image 15 of Albuquerque morning journal (Albuquerque, N.M.), June 18, 1922, (CITY EDITION) (1922) ↗ · detailsJune 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…
- A soldier from Fort Bayard relieved the… (1890)A soldier from Fort Bayard relieved the citizens of Central City of ennui Wednesday evening by shooting up the town in the most approved style of old times on Bitter creek. A detail of soldiers from the Fort …
- Bids for the Fort Bayard beef contract… (1891)Bids for the Fort Bayard beef contract was opened this week. H. G. Noel’s bid was for $4.74, Jake Brusch, $4.75, George D. Jones $6.25, John Brockman, $10.50 for corn fed.