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Fort Wingate, New Mexico

Fort Wingate
McKinley County, near Gallup, New Mexico
(144)Fort Wingate, New Mexico (shows the fort and houses) - NARA - 517785.tif
Fort Wingate in the 1870s
Site information
Controlled by  New Mexico
Condition storage facility
Site history
Built 1862
Built by  United States
In use 1862 - 1993
Battles/wars Apache Wars
Navajo Wars
Garrison information
Past
commanders
Kit Carson
William Redwood Price
Garrison Navajo Scouts
Apache Scouts
4th Cavalry
8th Cavalry
9th Cavalry and 13th Infantry
15th Infantry
Occupants United States Army
Fort Wingate Historic District
Fort Wingate is located in New Mexico
Fort Wingate
Fort Wingate is located in the US
Fort Wingate
Location NM 400, Fort Wingate, New Mexico
Area 27 acres (11 ha)
Built 1868 (1868)
NRHP Reference # 78003076
NMSRCP # 403
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 26, 1978
Designated NMSRCP August 22, 1975

Fort Wingate is near Gallup, New Mexico. There were two locations in New Mexico that had this name. The first one was located near San Rafael. The new location called Ft. Wingate was established on the southern edge of the Navajo territory in 1868. The initial purpose of the fort was to control the large Navajo tribe to its north. It was involved with the Navajo's Long Walk. From 1870 onward the garrison was concerned with Apaches to the south and hundreds of Navajo Scouts were enlisted at the fort through 1890.

Several famous military commanders cycled through Fort Wingate's history.

The above extracted from (AMCIS-102 dated 1 July 1970 Ft Wingate)

Coordinates: 35°28′04″N 108°32′26″W / 35.46778°N 108.54056°W / 35.46778; -108.54056


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