Fort Duncan vicinity settlement
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Fort Duncan vicinity settlement was the early civilian community that developed around the U.S. Army’s Fort Duncan outpost in what is now Eagle Pass, Texas.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Duncan vicinity settlement canonical | 1 |
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former populated place
ⓘ
historic settlement ⓘ |
| adjacentTo | Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| borderContext | U.S.–Mexico border region NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| developedAround | Fort Duncan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | town of Eagle Pass, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasEconomicActivity |
cross-border trade
ⓘ
provision of goods and services to soldiers ⓘ trade with the military post ⓘ |
| hasEthnicComposition |
Anglo-American settlers
ⓘ
Mexican residents ⓘ Tejano residents ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
support community for U.S. Army personnel
ⓘ
trading and service center for the fort ⓘ |
| hasOrigin | growth of civilian population near Fort Duncan ⓘ |
| hasRole | early civilian community for Fort Duncan ⓘ |
| historicalRelation | contributed to the emergence of Eagle Pass as a town ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Eagle Pass, Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity |
Maverick County, Texas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTime | 19th century ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Fort Duncan barracks
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Fort Duncan parade ground NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Rio Grande NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| militaryAssociation | U.S. Army NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nowPartOf | modern city of Eagle Pass, Texas ⓘ |
| partOf | borderlands of Texas ⓘ |
| precededBy | military-only presence at Fort Duncan ⓘ |
| startTime | mid-19th century ⓘ |
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