Details for Fort Richardson
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5237002008
Data
| Marker Number | 2008 |
| Atlas Number | 5237002008 |
| Marker Title | Fort Richardson |
| Index Entry | Fort Richardson |
| Address | |
| City | Jacksboro |
| County | Jack |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 577995 |
| UTM Northing | 3674436 |
| Subject Codes | forts; military topics |
| Marker Year | 1936 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | Fort Richardson State Historical Park, at interpretive center |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 1936 Centennial Marker |
| Marker Text | As partially reconstructed in 1936. Established by the United States War Department on November 26, 1867 as a protection of the frontier against hostile Indians. Named in honor of General Israel B. Richardson, U.S.A., killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862. Abandoned May 23, 1878 as the line of settlement had passed westward. |