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FORT CHADBOURNE
Frontier Military
Fort
National Register of Historic Places
Coke County
32° 2' 4" N, 100° 14' 41" W (32.034444, -100.244722)
US 277
12 Miles N of Bronte
Halfway between Abilene
and San
Angelo
651, Fort Chadbourne Road
Bronte, Texas 76933
325-743-2555 |
One Mile to
Fort Chadbourne
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, June 2010 |
Centennial Marker
(11.75 north of Bronte on US 277 at entrance to Fort Chadbourne)
Fort Chadbourne
Established by
the United States Army, October 28, 1852, as a protection to frontier
settlers against Indians. Named in honor of Lieutenant T.L. Chadbourne,
killed at Resaca de la Palma, May 9, 1846. Occupied by federal troops,
1852-1867. An important station on the Butterfield Overland stage
route, 1858 - 1861. |
Fort Chadbourne
Centennial Marker
On US 277 at entrance to Fort Chadbourne
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, June 2010 |
Fort Chadbourne
Centennial Marker
Panhandle Plains Wildlife Trail
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, June 2010 |
Fort Chadbourne
Stage Station
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, June 2010 |
Fort Chadbourne
Visitors Center
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, June 2010 |
Fort Chadbourne
Visitors Center
"Robert Cole Johnson Building"
Photo courtesy Gerald
Massey, June 2010 |
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Fort Chadbourne
Cemetery
On US 277
One Mile NW of Fort Chadbourne
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