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Fort Stanton, New Mexico

by | Sep 12, 2018 | True West Blog

Fort Stanton, was named for a captain of dragoons named Henry W. Stanton, who, in 1855 killed by Mescalero Apaches. The post, located on the Rio Bonito in the Capitan Mountains was established that same year to protect settlers in the area. It was also in the heart of Mescalero Apache country. The fort was abandoned in 1861 at the outbreak of the Civil War, something th


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