Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory

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United States Army post frontier military fort

Fort Lyon in the Colorado Territory was a 19th-century U.S. Army post on the Arkansas River that played a key role in the Indian Wars and frontier military operations in the American West.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Lyon (historic)	1
Fort Lyon, Colorado	1
Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory canonical	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army post ⓘ frontier military fort ⓘ
associatedWith	Arapaho people ⓘ Cheyenne people ⓘ Comanche ⓘ surface form: Comanche people Kiowa people ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: American Indian Wars
controlledBy	Union Army ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
established	1860s ⓘ
establishedDuring	American Civil War era ⓘ
functionedAs	base for campaigns against Plains tribes ⓘ
garrisonedBy	United States Cavalry ⓘ surface form: U.S. Cavalry units U.S. Infantry units ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
locatedIn	Territory of Colorado ⓘ surface form: Colorado Territory
locatedInPresentDay	Colorado ⓘ
locatedNear	Bent County, Colorado ⓘ Las Animas, Colorado ⓘ
locatedOn	Arkansas River ⓘ
namedAfter	Nathaniel Lyon ⓘ
namedFor	Brigadier General Nathaniel Lyon ⓘ surface form: Union General Nathaniel Lyon
nearbyEvent	Sand Creek Massacre ⓘ
partOf	Department of the Missouri ⓘ Military Division of the Missouri ⓘ Western frontier fort system ⓘ
playedRoleIn	U.S. expansion into the American West ⓘ military control of the Southern Plains ⓘ
region	Old West ⓘ surface form: American West Southern Plains ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Arkansas River corridor ⓘ protection of routes to New Mexico Territory ⓘ support of settlement in southeastern Colorado ⓘ
timePeriod	late 19th century ⓘ mid-19th century ⓘ
underJurisdictionOf	United States Department of War ⓘ surface form: U.S. War Department
usedFor	Indian Wars operations ⓘ cavalry operations ⓘ frontier defense ⓘ infantry garrison ⓘ protection of overland trails ⓘ protection of stage and mail routes ⓘ supply depot ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Kit Carson → placeOfDeath → Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory ⓘ

Bent County, Colorado → hasUnincorporatedCommunity → Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Lyon, Colorado

United States Army installations in Colorado → hasInstallation → Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Lyon (historic)