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Facts About Fort Stanton
- Fort Stanton was established on May 4, 1855 to protect Hispanic settlements along the Rio Bonito from Apache raids.
- The Fort was home to Kit Carson, John "Black Jack" Pershing, Billy the Kid, and hundreds of Buffalo Soldiers.
- It was decommissioned in 1896.
- Fort Stanton later became America's first federal tuberculosis hospital
- It served as a German internment camp during World War II.
- The Fort also served as home to Japanese interned during the war.
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