Fort McRae | |
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| Nearest city | Elephant Butte, New Mexico |
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| Area | 21.6 acres (8.7 ha) |
| Built | 1866 |
| Built by | U.S. Army |
| NRHP reference No. | 05000258[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 7, 2005 |
Fort McRae was a Union Army post, established in 1863, then a U.S. Army post from 1866 and closed in 1876, in what is now Sierra County, New Mexico. The post was named for Alexander McRae (1829–1862) a slain hero of the 1862 Battle of Valverde.
The site of Fort McRae is located on the east bank of the Elephant Butte Reservoir in the general area of Elephant Butte, New Mexico within McRae Canyon. A 21.6 acres (8.7 ha) area at the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. In National Park Service sources its precise location was Address restricted[2].[3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Federal and state laws and practices restrict general public access to information regarding the specific location of this resource. In some cases, this is to protect archeological sites from vandalism, while in other cases it is restricted at the request of the owner. See: Knoerl, John; Miller, Diane; Shrimpton, Rebecca H. (1990), Guidelines for Restricting Information about Historic and Prehistoric Resources, National Register Bulletin, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, OCLC 20706997.
- ^ But consulting the upper right hand corner of this page will remedy that deficiency courtesy of the GNIS. See U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fort McRae (historical)