Forts & Military in Grant County, NM
Fort Bayard (est. 1866) anchored US military presence in Grant County during and after the Apache campaigns; it later became a tuberculosis sanitarium and VA hospital.
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The 9th Cavalry Band performed for President Rutherford B. Hayes in Santa Fe in 1880.
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Digging of pottery fragments directed by Lt. Stephen Abbot at Fort Bayard.
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A formal dedication ceremony held on June 17, 1922, marked the completion of over $1,800,000 in new construction at Fort Bayard's Veterans Hospital.
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An archaeological excavation occurred at Fort Bayard in July 1870 under Lt. Stephen Abbot, yielding prehistoric pottery fragments.
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A violent disturbance among soldiers at the Fort Bayard gymnasium involving Indian clubs and razors.
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A mustering event of the Quartermaster Corps Detachment at Fort Bayard, New Mexico, documented on August 31, 1913.
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Ambush by Chief Ulzana on December 19, 1885, at Soldier Hill.
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Epidemic that killed 426 soldiers at Camp Cody.
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Raids that Fort Bayard was established to provide security against.
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1872 battle between cavalry troops and Indians at Howard's Wells resulting in 11 persons killed and wagons burned.
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Closure of the tuberculosis sanitarium in 1938.
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Buffalo Soldiers provided border security during this event.
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War in 1846 during which Kirker joined Colonel Doniphan's regiment in New Mexico.
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On Monday morning before daylight, 18 foreign miners, mostly Americans, were dragged from a train and murdered by Villa's soldiers near Santa Isabel.
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Buffalo Soldiers served in this war.
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Buffalo Soldiers served in this war.
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Buffalo Soldiers served under French command during this war.
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