Fort Reynolds

The plaque says this post was raised against hostile Indians, meaning the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Kiowa and Comanche peoples whose hunting ground the valley was; the only time its soldiers marched, they went to stop settlers fighting each other. Company F of the 5th Infantry laid it out as Marcy's Camp in July 1867. Fort Lyon, sixty miles downriver, stood nearer the raids, so this became a supply post. In January 1868 its men rode to Trinidad, where a Christmas wrestling match had turned into a killing, a jailbreak and a siege. The Army left in July 1872.

What the plaque says

This memorial is the property of the State of Colorado This is the site of Fort Reynolds 1867 - 1872 U.S. military outpost to protect settlers from hostile Indians. Named for Gen. John F. Reynolds, killed at Gettysburg in 1863. First occupied by Company F, Fifth United States Infantry. The fort was built of adobe. Erected by the State Historical Society of Colorado from the Mrs. J.N. Hall Foundation and by State Civil Service Employees of Colorado 1932

Where it stands

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