Fort Richardson

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Marker Text: ​As partially reconstructed in 1936
Established by the United States War Department
on November 26, 1867
as a protection of the frontier
against hostile Indians
Named in honor of
General Israel B. Richardson, U.S.A.,
killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862
Abandoned May 23, 1878
as the line of settlement had passed westward. (1936) 

Marker No: 2008

1936 Pink Granite Centennial Marker 

National Register of Historic Places ​

Geographic: ​33° 12.36′ N, 98° 9.8′ W

Location:  ​Park Road 61, 0.6 miles west of South Main Street (U.S. 281, Jacksboro