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In a sweeping valley of short grass prairie amid the swales of the Santa Fe Trail stand the territorial-style adobe remnants of the largest nineteenth century military fort in the region. For forty years, from 1851 to 1891, Fort Union functioned as an agent of political and cultural change, whether desired or not, in New Mexico and throughout the Southwest.
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Watrous, New Mexico · United States
