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The forts of Texas, once teeming with soldiers, settlers and Native Americans, today stand like silent sentinels, abandoned to the ravages of sun, wind, and time. Their legends and stories are ghostly reminders of a past steeped in violence and tragic loss. Tales of Indians wrapped in buffalo robes and a ghostly lady delivering white roses to an officer's desk are woven with historical facts, placing the reader in the midst of the action. Photographs of these historic places send the reader back in time as haunted souls of long-lost legends fill the pages.
List of contents
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part I: Forts Established Before 1800
Fort St. Louis/Presidio La Bahía
The Alamo
Real Presidio de San Sabá
Part II: Forts Established Between 1800 and 1845
Fort Anahuac
Fort Bend
Woods' Fort
Fort Bird
Fort Boggy
Moore's Fort
Fort Fitzhugh
Fort Lipantitlán
Fort Colorado
Fort Brown
Fort Parker
Fort Milam
Fort Milam/Fort Burleson
Fort Sherman
Little River Fort
Fort Lyday
Part III: Forts Established Between 1845 and 1865
Fort Marcy
El Fortin/Fort Leaton
Fort Inge
Blair's Fort
Fort Terrett
Fort Duncan
Fort Davis
Camp Colorado
Fort Cienega
Fort Belknap
Fort Bliss
Fort Stockton
Fort McIntosh
Fort Lancaster
Fort Clark
Fort Lincoln
Camp Hudson
Fort Quitman
Fort Gates
Fort Mason
Fort Chadbourne
Fort McKavett
Fort Martin Scott
Fort Phantom Hill
Fort Ringgold
Camp Cooper
Fort Esperanza
Fort Graham
Fort Croghan
Camp Charlotte
Part IV: Forts Established 1865 to Present Day
Fort Richardson
Fort Griffin
Fort Concho
Camp Elizabeth
Fort Buffalo Springs
Fort Hancock
Fort Elliott
Fort D. A. Russell
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
About the author
Elaine Coleman is an award-winning author and former editor for two independent West Texas newspapers. She is a sixth-generation Texan and lives with her husband, Jerry, on the family farm near Winters, Texas, with three dogs, an old barrel racing horse, and sixty or so mother cows.
Summary
The forts of Texas, once teeming with soldiers, settlers and Native Americans, today stand like silent sentinels, abandoned to the ravages of sun, wind, and time. Their legends and stories are ghostly reminders of a past steeped in violence and tragic loss.
