Fort Union National Monument

Fort Union, a bustling center of frontier defense between 1851 and 1891, was one of the most important in a string of forts established in New Mexico and southern Arizona. Originally built to protect the Santa Fe Trail, the ...

Union Occupation of Fort Smith

On Sept. 1, 1863, U.S. troops under Gen. James Blunt seized Ft. Smith. It remained a Union post for the duration of the war. Fort Smith became a haven for white war refugees and former slaves, many of whom joined ...

Fort Union National Monument

1851-1891

Once the largest post in the Southwest, Fort Union was established to control the Jicarilla Apaches and Utes, to protect the Santa Fe Trail, and to serve as a supply depot for other New Mexico forts. The arrival of the ...

National Historic Landmark - Fort Union Trading Post

National Historic Landmark - Fort Union Trading Post

This was the principal fur-trading depot in the Upper Missouri River region from 1829 to 1867.

Frankfort Union Station

Built by Louisville & Nashville R.R., 1908, to replace depot located here by Lexington & Frankfort R.R. in 1850s. Present station was used by Chesapeake & Ohio, Louisville & Nashville, Frankfort & Cincinnati,and Kentucky Highlands. The last scheduled passenger train ...

Fort Union National Monument / Santa Fe Trail

1851-1891

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Fort Union National Monument 1851-1891

Once the largest post in the Southwest, Fort Union was established to control the Jicarilla Apaches and Utes, to protect the Santa Fe Trail, and to serve as a supply depot for other New Mexico ...

Union Fort

One of ten small forts protecting City Point docks and Gen. Grant's Headquarters from Confederate raiders 1864-65.

Marker is at the intersection of Appomattox Street and Wilson Street, on the right when traveling north on Appomattox Street.

Courtesy hmdb.org

Old Fort Union American Methodist Episcopal Church

In 1813 a group of African-American Methodists led by Peter Spencer formed an independent denomination that came to be known as the African Union Church. It was the first incorporated religious body in the United States controlled entirely by African ...

Dodge's Grove and Fort Union

Arriving in Dodgeville in 1827, Henry Dodge, later renowned as a Black Hawk War military leader, territorial governor and state senator, began his Wisconsin career as a miner. In circa 1830, Dodge established living quarters and a large two-furnace smelting ...