Archeological Exploration at Fort Lancaster, 1966, A Preliminary Report. Hays, T. R. & Jelks, E. B. State Building Commission, Austin, Texas, December, 1966. NADB: 2150330 ARC Library #353![Archeological Exploration at Fort Lancaster, 1966, A Preliminary Report [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper abstract bibtex 2 downloads In the 1850’s a chain of forts was established by the United States Army along the main road between San Antonio, Texas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Regular travel over the road had begun in the late 1840’s when the close of the Mexican War paved the way for Anglo-American settlement of the Far Southwest. Then, after the opening of the California gold fields in 1849, traffic on the San Antonio–Santa Fe road became so brisk that the Army was called on to protect the travelers from the Apaches, Comanches, and other Indians that frequented the area. Fort Lancaster was one of the forts designed to provide that protection. Situated in the Pecos River Valley in present-day Crockett County, Texas, this military outpost was established in 1855 and was abandoned by its Federal garrison at the beginning of the Civil War in 1861. Never again fully reactivated, the fort was occupied intermittently by transient Confederate troops during the war and, after 1865, was operated sporadically as a United States Army sub-post until final abandomnet in the 1880’s (Brown, 1965). In June of 1966, archeological investigation of the site of old Fort Lancaster was undertaken by Southern Methodist University. The major project was excavation of a masonry barracks, primarily in search for architectural data to guide future reconstruction of the building as a museum and tourist reception center. Also excavated were three latrines which yielded a number of bottles, dishes, tools, and other objects useful for museum display. Small tests were dug in four other structures, but time did not permit their complete excavation. T.R. Hays, working under the general direction of Edward B. Jelks, supervised the field work.
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address = {Austin, Texas},
series = {State {Building} {Commission} {Archeological} {Program} {Report}},
title = {Archeological {Exploration} at {Fort} {Lancaster}, 1966, {A} {Preliminary} {Report}},
shorttitle = {Archeological {Exploration} at {Fort} {Lancaster}, 1966},
url = {https://core.tdar.org/document/153329/archeological-exploration-at-fort-lancaster1966-a-preliminary-report},
abstract = {In the 1850’s a chain of forts was established by the United States Army along the main road between San Antonio, Texas, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Regular travel over the road had begun in the late 1840’s when the close of the Mexican War paved the way for Anglo-American settlement of the Far Southwest. Then, after the opening of the California gold fields in 1849, traffic on the San Antonio–Santa Fe road became so brisk that the Army was called on to protect the travelers from the Apaches, Comanches, and other Indians that frequented the area.
Fort Lancaster was one of the forts designed to provide that protection. Situated in the Pecos River Valley in present-day Crockett County, Texas, this military outpost was established in 1855 and was abandoned by its Federal garrison at the beginning of the Civil War in 1861. Never again fully reactivated, the fort was occupied intermittently by transient Confederate troops during the war and, after 1865, was operated sporadically as a United States Army sub-post until final abandomnet in the 1880’s (Brown, 1965).
In June of 1966, archeological investigation of the site of old Fort Lancaster was undertaken by Southern Methodist University. The major project was excavation of a masonry barracks, primarily in search for architectural data to guide future reconstruction of the building as a museum and tourist reception center. Also excavated were three latrines which yielded a number of bottles, dishes, tools, and other objects useful for museum display. Small tests were dug in four other structures, but time did not permit their complete excavation. T.R. Hays, working under the general direction of Edward B. Jelks, supervised the field work.},
number = {4},
publisher = {State Building Commission},
author = {Hays, T. R. and Jelks, Edward B.},
month = dec,
year = {1966},
note = {NADB: 2150330
ARC Library \#353},
keywords = {Texas, Crockett County},
}
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