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Site of Anderson's Fort or Soldier's Mound

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Spur, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 33° 31' 31.34092000008", -100° 50' 41.6456300004"
 
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    Here behind extensive breastworks Major Thomas M. Anderson, Tenth U. S. Infantry, maintained a supply camp for the Cavalry under General Ranald S. Mackenzie, Fourth U.S. Cavalry, who in 1874-1875 forced the Indians of the region onto reservations and opened the plains to white settlement.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Site of Anderson's Fort or Soldier's Mound Historical Marker Location Map, Spur, Texas