| Marker Number |
4721 |
| Atlas Number |
5125004721 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Anderson's Fort or Soldier's Mound |
| Index Entry |
Anderson's Fort or Soldier's Mound, Site of |
| Address |
|
| City |
Spur |
| County |
Dickens |
| UTM Zone |
14 |
| UTM Easting |
328674 |
| UTM Northing |
3711056 |
| Subject Codes |
forts; Native Americans |
| Marker Year |
1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
From Spur, take Highway 70 north, about 6 miles |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
1936 Texas Centennial |
| Marker Text |
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 opened the plains to white settlement. |
