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New Mexico
Fort Cummings Cooke's Spring post
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Buttons and buckles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: cartridge cases, lead balls, horseshoes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1863-1891 adobe-walled Army post and stage stop
Established in 1863 by the California Column at Cooke's Spring to guard the Butterfield route through Cooke's Pass, the scene of many Apache ambushes. It was an adobe fort walled 10 feet high, abandoned in 1873, reoccupied during the Victorio campaign, and closed for good in 1891.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote, rattlesnakes
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