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Fort Stanton (N.M.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Lincoln County Heritage Trust Collection

 Collection
Identifier: AC 481
Scope and Content

Collection contains primary and secondary letters, original deeds, and other ephemeral materials pertaining primarily to the Lincoln County War. Collection also contains reference letters relevant to Pancho Villa and his assassination.

Dates: 1879-1986; Majority of material found in 1879-1933

Lincoln County Papers

 Collection
Identifier: AC 292
Scope and Content

Collection contains copies of documents used by historian John P. Wilson in preparation of publications on Lincoln County. This material was reference material collected by Wilson from various sources including the National Archives, State Record Center, personal communication, and other sources. Included are business papers, census reports, military contracts, legal records, etc.

Dates: 1854-1910

Statement of General Buell's Scout,

 Collection
Identifier: AC 227-P
Scope and Content The broadside, from the Army and Navy Journal of April 16, 1881, entitled "Statement of General Buell's Scout", contains two articles: the first one, by John Conline, concerns an expedition from Fort Stanton, New Mexico to the Sacramento and Guadalupe mountains in search of Indians; and the second, by George H. Kinzie, concerns an altercation between Mexican sheepherders and Indians near La Luz, New Mexico. The United States Army established and maintained Fort Stanton, New Mexico in an...
Dates: 1881