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Fort Graham was a pioneer fort established in 1849 by Brevet Major R.A. Arnold (Companies F and I of the Second United States Dragoons) [1] at the site of Jose Maria Village, an Anadaca camp on the western edge of present-day Hill County, Texas.
3 paź 2019 · Fort Graham, a United States Army post, was established in March 1849 and was occupied on April 17 of that year by Maj. Ripley A. Arnold and companies F and I of the Second Dragoons under command of Bvt. Brig. Gen. William S. Harney, commander of the Frontier District of Texas. The site was near the eastern bank of the Brazos River at Little ...
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Frontier soldiers built forts linking wild country and settled lands, while protective Native Americans defended these prairies as their traditional buffalo hunting and trading grounds. An epic and sometimes violent struggle ensued across the rolling plains of today’s Texas Forts Trail Region.
Fort Graham, Texas, was established in March 1849 by Major Ripley A. Arnold and the 2nd U.S. Dragoons. It was named after either James D. Graham of the Corps of Topographical Engineers or Lieutenant Colonel William M. Graham, who was killed in the Mexican-American War.
Fort Graham was a pioneer fort established in 1849 by Brevet Major R.A. Arnold at the site of Jose Maria Village, an Anadaca camp on the western edge of present-day Hill County, Texas. It remained in service until 1853, when settlements had moved further west.
