Fort Massachusetts (historic)

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Fort Massachusetts (historic) was a mid-19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in what is now Colorado, established to protect settlers and travel routes in the region.

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Fort Massachusetts (historic) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army fort ⓘ
frontier military post ⓘ
associatedWith military presence along the Sangre de Cristo land grant ⓘ
settlement of the San Luis Valley ⓘ
built mid-19th century ⓘ
builtAfter Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ⓘ
builtFor United States Army ⓘ
conflictContext Indian Wars in the Southwest ⓘ
U.S. westward expansion ⓘ
constructionMaterial adobe ⓘ
stone ⓘ
controlledBy United States ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
currentUse historic site ⓘ
era Antebellum period of United States history ⓘ
establishedAs frontier post to protect settlers ⓘ
post to protect travel routes ⓘ
garrisonedBy U.S. Army regulars ⓘ
volunteer units at various times ⓘ
garrisonType artillery ⓘ
infantry ⓘ
heritageDesignation local historic site ⓘ
locatedIn American frontier ⓘ
linked to: American West

Colorado Territory ⓘ
Costilla County, Colorado ⓘ
San Luis Valley ⓘ
southern Colorado ⓘ
linked to: Southern Colorado
locatedInPresentDay Colorado ⓘ
locatedNear Blanca Peak ⓘ
San Luis, Colorado ⓘ
present-day Fort Garland, Colorado ⓘ
locatedOn western flank of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains ⓘ
namedAfter Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
linked to: Massachusetts
nearbyFeature Rio Grande watershed ⓘ
operatedBy United States Army ⓘ
partOf Department of New Mexico (U.S. Army) ⓘ
line of frontier forts in the American Southwest ⓘ
purpose projection of U.S. military power in the newly acquired Southwest ⓘ
protection of settlers in the San Luis Valley ⓘ
protection of wagon roads and travel routes ⓘ
regionServed San Luis Valley and surrounding frontier ⓘ
replacedBy Fort Garland ⓘ
status abandoned ⓘ
terrain high-altitude valley ⓘ
usedFor protection of settlers of Mexican and American origin ⓘ
support of mail and freight routes across the region ⓘ

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United States Army installations in Colorado → hasInstallation → Fort Massachusetts (historic) ⓘ