Fort Phantom Hill (ruins)

USA / Texas / Hawley /
 military, fortification
Founded November 14, 1851, to protect the western movement of Europeans from the Comanches. Abandoned by the military November, 1853, subsequently a stagecoach stop on the Butterfield Overland route. Reoccupied by the Confederate Army, then after the Civil War, by the U.S. Army again to oppose the Native Americans. Became a city of 545 people 1875 - c. 1895, when finally abandoned.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forts_of_Texas
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Coordinates:   32°38'35"N   99°40'41"W
This article was last modified 11 years ago