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In fort built to halt Indian depredations in North Texas. One of buildings and units on inspection in May 1871 by General William Tecumseh Sherman, when news came of massacre of Warren Wagon Trail, 24 miles northwest. Killers, later found at Fort Sill, were brought to trial in Jacksboro - first time Indians were ever tried in the white man's court in North Texas. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1965.
Fort Richardson Calvary Post Hospital is a historical marker in Jacksboro, Jack County, dedicated in 1965. It is one of 31 historical markers documented in Jack County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 37 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.2090, -98.1645 near Jacksboro. The nearest cataloged historic site is Dosher, James B. (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Fort Richardson, Lost Battalion, Mobilization Site of Battery F of World War II's, and Jacksboro's First Railroad Depot.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5237002010. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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