Fort Stanton

F STANLEY

Publication: Pampa Print Shop, 1964, Pampa, Texas, 1064

First edition. 8vo. Signed by the author on the front free fly leaf. Limited edition of 500 copies. Bright yellow cloth, Titles stamped in red on the front cover and spine, [6], iv, 264 pp., foreword, acknowledgements, bibliography, index. The book spans the history of Fort Stanton, New Mexico, from its establishment as a U.S. Army post in 1855 through its many subsequent incarnations ... military, hospital, internment camp, state facility. It details key eras to include the frontier cavalry period, the Indian wars (particularly against the Mescalero Apaches), the fort's role in the Lincoln County War era, the transition to a tuberculosis and Merchant Marine hospital, use during WWII as an internment site, and post-war uses including state hospital and prison. Six Guns 2101 says: "Gives a history of Fort Stanton from Civil War days to the present. There is much on the Lincoln County War and Billy the Kid." Fine, bright, unread copy in a bright unused dust jacket.