Fort Elliott
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fort-elliott-261-16931887
title:
Fort Elliott
text:
Fort Elliott was a United States Army post in the Texas Panhandle, operational between 1875 and 1890 and named for Major Joel H. Elliott, a casualty of the Battle of Washita River in 1868. The decision to establish Fort Elliott in what was to become Wheeler County, Texas, was made in December 1874 by Colonel Nelson A. Miles as an advance supply post during the campaign to clear the Texas Panhandle of American Indians after the Second Battle of Adobe Walls in 1874. Major James Biddle established
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Ghost Town in Texas, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Elliott
date created:
date modified:
2023-02-11T21:03:23Z
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13
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15