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Fort Sumner is a village in and the county seat of De Baca County, New Mexico, United States. The population was 1,031 at the 2010 U.S. Census, down from the figure of 1,249 recorded in 2000. Fort Sumner is the spring and fall home of the Columbia Scientific Balloon Facility.
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Named after former New Mexico military governor Edwin Vose Sumner, Fort Sumner was a military fort charged with the internment of nearby Navajo and Mescalero Apache populations from 1863 to 1868. ADDRESS: 173 E. Avenue C Fort Sumner, New Mexico 88119. REGION: SouthEast. PHONE: 575-355-2401. VISIT WEBSITE.
It stands today to acknowledge the tragic history of the 1860s when 9,500 people from Apache and Navajo nations where chased down, rounded up, marched for hundreds of miles and interned for years, all to open the western frontier for another culture to move in and take over.
Historic Fort Sumner, New Mexico. On October 31, 1862, Congress authorized the establishment of the military Fort Sumner at Bosque Redondo, to protect a new Indian Reservation situated on 40 square miles of land. The post was named for General Edwin Vose Sumner who died as the new fort was being built.
What a wonderful way for the town of Fort Sumner to ensure their local history is preserved for future generations. They have a huge selection of Indian artifacts, beautiful antiques, antique china, old buggies, wagons, antique automobiles, old horse tack and cowboy paraphernalia.
It's all waiting for you at the Billy the Kid Museum in Fort Sumner, New Mexico! AN EXCERPT FROM THE BOOK: “BILLY THE KID: THE ENDLESS RIDE”, BY MICHAEL WALLIS. “That a young man known as Billy the Kid ever existed is an indisputable fact.
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.
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Fort Sumner is a village in Southeast New Mexico. It is located in De Baca County on US 60 and US 84.
