Details for Fort Richardson Cavalry Post Hospital, 1867
Historical Marker —
Atlas Number 5237002010
Data
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.