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ID: 1102095
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/1102095
Record Type:
administrative
Fort Union (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 35 54 00 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 35.9000
decimal degrees
Long: 105 00 00 W
degrees minutes
Long: -105.0000
decimal degrees
Note:
Was one of the most important military posts in the SW United States; was built to protect settlers on Santa Fe Trail; taking this fort was an unattained Confederate objective in the Civil War; now focus of Fort Union National Monument.
Names:
Fort Union
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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North and Central America
(continent) (
P
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United States
(nation) (
P
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New Mexico
(state) (
P
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Mora
(county) (
P
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Fort Union
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
............
established in 1851, evacuated in 1891
national monument (
C
)
............
established in 1956
fort (
H
)
trade center (
H
)
inhabited place (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Fort Union..........
[
VP Preferred
]
.......................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 306
.......................
Federal Archeology Program (1998)
11
.......................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS35034958
.......................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1262
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
I, 306
..................
Federal Archeology Program (1998)
11
..................
USGS, GNIS Digital Gazetteer (1994)
GNIS35034958
..................
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1262
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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