Marker Number |
2010 |
Atlas Number |
5237002010 |
Marker Title |
Fort Richardson Cavalry Post Hospital, 1867 |
Index Entry |
Fort Richardson Cavalry Post Hospital |
Address |
|
City |
Jacksboro |
County |
Jack |
UTM Zone |
14 |
UTM Easting |
577863 |
UTM Northing |
3674578 |
Subject Codes |
hospitals; forts; military topics; Native Americans |
Marker Year |
1965 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
Marker Location |
Fort Richardson State Historical Park |
Private Property |
No |
Marker Condition |
In Situ |
Marker Size |
16" x 12" |
Marker Text |
In fort built to halt Indian depredations in North Texas. One of buildings and units on inspection in May 1871 by General William Tecumseh Sherman, when news came of massacre of Warren Wagon Trail, 24 miles northwest. Killers, later found at Fort Sill, were brought to trial in Jacksboro - first time Indians were ever tried in the white man's court in North Texas. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965. |