FORT UNION NATIONAL MONUMENT


Meaning of FORT UNION NATIONAL MONUMENT in English

site of three successive forts built (185163) by the U.S. Army near Watrous, N.M., about 60 miles (97 km) east-northeast of Santa Fe. The fort, at a junction of two branches of the Santa Fe Trail, was an important supply depot; it was abandoned in 1891. The site was designated a national monument in 1954.

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