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 railroad and the pacification of the region led to its abandonment in 1891.
Marker is on Interstate 25 at milepost 360, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
