Fort Union

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19th-century military post United States Army fort historic site

Fort Union was a 19th-century U.S. Army frontier post in northeastern New Mexico that served as a key military and supply hub along the Santa Fe Trail.

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Label Occurrences
Fort Union canonical 4
Fort Union historic military complex 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century military post ⓘ
United States Army fort ⓘ
historic site ⓘ
category 19th-century forts in the United States ⓘ
Former United States Army installations in New Mexico ⓘ
Forts along the Santa Fe Trail ⓘ
connectedTo Fort Union National Monument ⓘ
surface form: Fort Union National Monument visitor center
controlledBy United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
currentUse historic site open to the public ⓘ
endTime 1891 ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
function frontier military post ⓘ
logistics hub ⓘ
protection of Santa Fe Trail traffic ⓘ
supply depot ⓘ
hasPart adobe structures ⓘ
arsenal ⓘ
barracks ⓘ
earthwork fortifications ⓘ
hospital ⓘ
officers’ quarters ⓘ
storehouses ⓘ
wagon repair facilities ⓘ
hasRuins adobe walls ⓘ
stone foundations ⓘ
heritageDesignation Fort Union National Monument ⓘ
historicalRole major quartermaster depot for the Southwest ⓘ
staging area for troops ⓘ
locatedIn southwestern United States ⓘ
surface form: American Southwest

Great Plains–Southwest transition zone ⓘ
Mora County, New Mexico ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
northeastern New Mexico ⓘ
locatedNear Watrous, New Mexico ⓘ
locatedOn Santa Fe Trail ⓘ
managedBy National Park Service ⓘ
operator United States Army ⓘ
partOf U.S. frontier defense system ⓘ
significantFor protecting commerce on the Santa Fe Trail ⓘ
regional supply distribution ⓘ
supporting military campaigns in the Southwest ⓘ
startTime 1851 ⓘ
tourism cultural heritage tourism site ⓘ
usedFor military operations ⓘ
protection of settlers and traders ⓘ
supply distribution ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santa Fe Trail → notableFeature → Fort Union ⓘ
Fort Union Formation → namedFor → Fort Union ⓘ
Third Fort (star-shaped fort) → partOf → Fort Union ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fort Union historic military complex
Third Fort (star-shaped fort) → associatedWith → Fort Union ⓘ
Second Fort (log and adobe structures) → partOf → Fort Union ⓘ