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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A black and white image mounted on an off-white matte board showing wagons, a horseman, and the sanitarium.
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Division of troops from Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and the Dakotas stationed at Camp Cody.
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Photograph shows three women on porch of hospital; two cars parked in front of building.
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These pottery fragments were excavated from the highland at Fort Bayard, New Mexico under the direction of Lt. Stephen Abbot, U.S.A.
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Fragments of pottery with designs in red, black, and brown, dug from the highland at Fort Bayard.
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All-black regiments created in 1866, served in various conflicts.
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The part of Camp Cody that remained after abandonment in 1920, used as a veterans hospital and later as a TB sanitarium.
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Contract for supplying beef to Fort Bayard, for which bids were opened this week.
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A postcard shows unidentified soldiers in formation at Fort Bayard, with a note about mustering on August 31, 1913.
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The term 'soldier boys' refers to men leaving to join the military in 1917.
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Several wounded Indians are yet to die in the improvised hospital here.
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Type of service.
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A collection of muster rolls for Companies E and L.
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Two wagons seen in the foreground of the photograph used for supplies.
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Status after service.
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One of three wagons seen in the foreground of the photograph.
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National Guard training camp established in 1917 with capacity for 28,000, later became TB sanitarium.
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A set of newly constructed facilities at Fort Bayard costing over $800,000, part of a larger $1,800,000 development for veterans' care.
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A black and white postcard depicting unidentified soldiers of the Quartermaster Corps Detachment posed in front of wooden buildings at Fort Bayard, New Mexico.
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Monthly legislative appropriation secured to operate the hospital.
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The price at which A. A. Jenson received the Fort Bayard beef contract.
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Size of the Fort Cummings reservation.
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Government contract for 2500 cords of wood at $3.19 per cord awarded to A. J. Cornell for delivery at Fort Bayard.
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A National Historic Trail designated in 2023, with stage stations listed by division.
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Birds requested to make the YMCA hut more homelike for soldiers.
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The Chinese store was robbed, leading to Mason being trailed to Fort Bayard.
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A corn field where the Apache hides from soldiers.
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A weapon taken from the gun room by a soldier to commit a tragedy.
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The name given to the remodeled Timmer Hotel by Elizabeth Warren, which served as both a sanitarium and a hotel for travelers until closed by a flood.
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Planing mill first erected on the hospital site.
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A panoramic gelatin silver print of Fort Bayard.
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Document listing soldiers and officers.
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Ammunition taken by a soldier when he left his post.
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Group of foreign miners, all but one American, who were murdered near Santa Isabel.
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Artifacts mentioned as subjects of study, described as painted ware with designs in black.
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