| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1855/00/00 | Fort Stanton established as a military fort, active until 1896 | |||||
| 1862/00/00 | Kit Carson | Union Commander | New Mexican Volunteer Union forces, led by US Colonel Kit Carson, re-occupy Fort Stanton | |||
| 1878/00/00 | Lew Wallace | Peacemaker | Governor Lew Wallace stays at Fort Stanton while negotiating peace in The Lincoln County War. | |||
| 1880/00/00 | John J Pershing | Post | Junior officer John Pershing will be twice stationed at Fort Stanton. | |||
| 1899/00/00 | President McKinley transfers Fort Stanton to the Marine Hospital Service to treat sailors, soldiers and marines for tuberculosis. Also known as consumption, 5000 patients were treated by 1953. |
| Particulars for Fort Stanton: | |
|---|---|
| Area of Significance | Architecture |
| Criteria | Architecture-Engineering |
| Structure Type | Fortification |
| Area of Significance | Health-medicine |
| Area of Significance | Historic - aboriginal |
| Sight Category | Historic District |
| Criteria | Historic Event |
| Criteria | Information Potential |
| Cultural Affiliation | Mescalero Apache |
| Area of Significance | Military |
| Historic Use | Military Facility |
| Level of Significance | National |
| Area of Significance | Politics-government |
| Confinement Attribute | Prisoner of War |
| Area of Significance | Prisoner of War camp |
| Owner | State |
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