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From 1863 to 1868, Fort Sumner, New Mexico was the center of a million-acre parcel known as the Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation. The history of how the U.S. Army used scorched earth policies to forcibly remove Diné (Navajo) and Ndé (Mescalero Apache) people from their traditional homelands to this lonely, inhospitable outpost along the ...
The story of Fort Sumner and the Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation is one of Manifest Destiny regardless, a callous government policy, the heartless destruction of Indian nations, and an ill-conceived experiment in social engineering doomed to fail. And it did. In 1991, New Mexico State Monuments and the Museum of New Mexico, with strong support from Navajo and Mescalero Apache leaders, began ...
Bosque Redondo Memorial at Fort Sumner Historic Site Location. 3647 Billy the Kid Road Fort Sumner, NM Phone (575) 355-2573. Hours. 10am to 4pm Wednesday through Sunday, closed Monday and Tuesday. Admission. $7 for adults. Free for children 16 years and younger. NM residents with ID admitted free the first Sunday of every month.
A hundred years after the signing of the treaty that allowed the Navajo people to return to their original homes in the Four Corners Region, Fort Sumner was declared a New Mexico State Monument in 1968. The property is now managed by the New Mexico Historic Sites (formerly State Monuments) division of the New Mexico Department of Cultural Affairs.
Also there, is the Fort Sumner State Monument, including a visitor center that memorializes the Navaho’s Long Walk and the story of the Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation. The Museum and Memorial are located four miles east on U.S. Highway 60/84 and south three miles on Billy the Kid Road.
Oct 8, 2018 · Open from Wednesday through Sunday from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. Admission is free. The Bosque Redondo Memorial is part of the Fort Sumner State Monument. The cemetery with Billy the Kid's...
Location: 3647 Billy the Kid Drive, Fort Sumner, NM 88119. Directions: Fort Sumner, NM. 3 miles east of the village of Fort Sumner on Hwy 60/84, south 3.5 miles on Billy the Kid Drive. Visiting Etiquette: Enjoy your visit. Take nothing but memories. Leave nothing but footprints. Pet Policy: Service animals are welcome inside the memorial.
