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Fort Quitman Rio Grande frontier post
Ghost town Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Buttons and buckles
Coins and tokens
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: cartridge cases and bullets, Indian Head cents, horseshoes.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Unknown (Public domain), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
1858-1882 Army post and stage station
Fort Quitman was set up on the Rio Grande in 1858 to guard the San Antonio to El Paso road and served as a station for the San Antonio-San Diego Mail and Butterfield Overland Mail, later garrisoned by Buffalo Soldiers from 1868. The last troops left in 1877, a mob burned the post during the San Elizario Salt War that year, and after a brief 1880 to 1882 reoccupation the Southern Pacific bypassed it.View source →
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
remote desertInternational border area, heat, rattlesnakes
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