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    Fort Garland (1858–1883), Colorado, United States, was designed to house two companies of soldiers to protect settlers in the San Luis Valley, then in...
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    The Fort Garland post office has the ZIP Code 81133. At the United States Census 2020, the population of the Fort Garland CDP was 464. Fort Garland was...
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    feet, approximately 6 miles north of present-day Fort Garland. Built in 1852, and abandoned in 1858, Fort Massachusetts was the first regularly-garrisoned...
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    Garland is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located within Dallas County with portions extending into Collin and Rockwall counties. It is located northeast...
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    honor of the saint. The United States Army established Fort Massachusetts in 1852 and Fort Garland in 1858 to provide protection for the settlers in the...
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    The Spring Creek Fire was a wildfire near Fort Garland and La Veta, Colorado in Costilla and Huerfano counties in southern Colorado. The fire burned a...
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  • gunfight, shot and killed both Espinosas. He took their heads back to Fort Garland, Colorado. The Felipe Espinosa story is the foundation for Adam James...
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  • Confederate general and was killed at the Battle of South Mountain in 1862. Fort Garland in Colorado was named for him. Early, Ruth Hairston (1927). Campbell...
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    unincorporated community located near Fort Garland in Costilla County, Colorado, United States. The U.S. Post Office at Fort Garland (ZIP Code 81133) serves Sangre...
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    food sources. He was breveted a brigadier general and took command of Fort Garland, Colorado. He was there only briefly, as poor health forced him to retire...
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    history of the U.S. military presence in the valley is preserved at Fort Garland and other historic preserves in the valley. The San Luis Valley became...
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  • kill the notorious Felipe Espinosa and his nephew; Tobin returned to Ft. Garland with their heads in a sack. Thomas Tate Tobin was born in St. Louis, Missouri...
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    This is a list of military and trading forts established in what is now the U.S. State of Colorado. The initial forts, built in the first half of the 19th...
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  • de Cristo Ranches, Colorado, an unincorporated community located near Fort Garland in Costilla County, Colorado Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area...
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    the United States Army in 1941 and was stationed in Fort Huachuca, Arizona. While there, Garland began to learn the piano with Army pianists John Lewis...
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  • National Guard. In 1864, he headed west and settled in Fort Garland, Colorado. In Fort Garland, he worked as a store clerk, and by 1867 he had become...
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  • Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 12 March 2012. "FORT RINGGOLD". Archived from the original on 18 November 2014. Retrieved 21 November...
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    Highway 160 State Highway 142 State Highway 159 San Isabel National Forest Fort Garland State History Museum Los Caminos Antiguos Scenic and Historic Byway Old...
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    state line, and the northern terminus is at U.S. Route 160 (US 160) near Fort Garland. SH 159 starts in the south at the New Mexico state line where the road...
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    the 2020 United States Census. Col. John M. Francisco, the sutler at Fort Garland, and his business partner, Henry Daigre, purchased 48,000 acres of land...
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    Spanish Fort (Spanish Army 1819–1821) Fort Massachusetts (U.S. Army 1852–1858) Fort Garland (U.S. Army 1858–1883) Camp Collins (U.S. Army 1862–1870) Fort Logan...
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    "he was raised to fight against his own." While visiting Kit Carson at Fort Garland in 1866, Ouray and Chipeta met and adopted two girls and two boys. Ouray's...
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  • Colorado. Fort Garland Fort Garland, Colorado 1858 Fort The fort has seven remaining original buildings. Kit Carson was stationed at the fort starting...
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    reservoir and state wildlife area in Costilla County, Colorado, near Fort Garland. Frozen in winter, the reservoir lies at 2,483 meters (8,146 feet) elevation...
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    from the United States and Mexico. In 1852, Fort Massachusetts was built and then relocated to Fort Garland, about 20 mi (32 km) southeast of the Great...
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  • Fort Thorn or Fort Thorne, originally Cantonment Garland, was a settlement and military outpost located on the west bank of the Rio Grande, northwest of...
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    school district in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, and is thirteenth largest district in the state of Texas. Garland High School, the district's first...
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  • https://historicipswich.org/shatswell-planters-cottage-jeffreys-neck-road/ "Wing Fort House". Wing Family of America. Wing Family of America, Inc. Archived from...
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    Naser Jason Abdo (category People from Garland, Texas)
    most of his childhood with his father. In Garland, he attended Richardson Terrace Elementary School, South Garland High School and Berkner High School. According...
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