Fort Sumner

34°24′07″N 104°11′41″W / 34.40194°N 104.19472°W / 34.40194; -104.19472

Fort Sumner Ruins
Fort Sumner
Nearest cityFort Sumner, New Mexico
Area50 acres (20 ha)
Built1862 (1862)
ArchitectAlexander LaRue
NRHP reference No.74001194[1]
NMSRCP No.139
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 13, 1974
Designated NMHS1968[2]
Designated NMSRCPJanuary 9, 1970

Fort Sumner was a military fort in New Mexico Territory charged with the internment of Navajo and Mescalero Apache populations from 1863 to 1868 at nearby Bosque Redondo.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "About New Mexico's Historic Sites". New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on October 30, 2016. Retrieved December 22, 2016.