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Fort Stanton’s Angel

by | Aug 1, 2007 | True Westerners

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The “Savior of Fort Stanton” is too modest to claim that title for herself, but anyone who has watched the reversal of fortune at one of the West’s most enduring forts knows that Lynda Sanchez deserves it. Two years ago, a 600-unit subdivision threatened the fort that has been “the heart of Lincoln County” since 1855. Today, Fort Stanton and its 200 acres are New Mexico’s newest state monument. It wouldn’t have come to pass had it not been for Lynda Sanchez. She devoted most o


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