Cantonment Burgwin – 1852-1860
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Never officially designated a fort, this post was built to protect the Taos valley from Utes and Jicarilla Apaches. It was named for Captain John H. K. Burgwin, who was killed in the Taos uprising of 1847. It was abandoned in 1860 and is now the site of the Fort Burgwin Research Center.
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