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Black plaque № 17463

Spur, TX, United States

Site of Anderson's Fort or Soldier's Mound. Here behind extensive breastworks Major Thomas M. Anderson, Tenth U. S. Infantry, maintained a supply camp for the Cavalry under General Ranald S. Mackenzie, Fourth U.S. Cavalry, who in 1874-1875 forced the Indians of the region onto reservations and opene

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