Fort Mobeetie 3

[ink-a-alot]

this is proof that part of the old fort burnt down, old led musket balls..

 

[kdismuke1]

looks like you have found the fort. kept looking. best of luck.

 

[hogge]

Never heard of F. Mobeetie. Was that where "F" Troop was stationed??

 

[DD-777]

It was actually called Fort Elliot. According to what I've read, it didn't burn down, but was sold off...

In 1887, when the first railroad to enter the Panhandle bypassed Fort Elliott eighteen miles to the north and provided a new source of security and prosperity, the fort's central role in the region's growth ended. In 1890 the army decided to close the fort, and an outbreak of typhoid that summer speeded its abandonment. On October 2 most of the garrison departed, and on the twentieth the fort was formally closed. In the next sixteen years the Interior Department sold the buildings and land. Little remains today of the post that helped transform the Panhandle from a frontier into a settled region.

From this site:http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/FF/qbf18.html

Here's some more info: http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5483001982

http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/tx/mobeetie.html

Looks pretty interesting...

 

[ink-a-alot]

It was actually called Fort Elliot. According to what I've read, it didn't burn down, but was sold off...

In 1887, when the first railroad to enter the Panhandle bypassed Fort Elliott eighteen miles to the north and provided a new source of security and prosperity, the fort's central role in the region's growth ended. In 1890 the army decided to close the fort, and an outbreak of typhoid that summer speeded its abandonment. On October 2 most of the garrison departed, and on the twentieth the fort was formally closed. In the next sixteen years the Interior Department sold the buildings and land. Little remains today of the post that helped transform the Panhandle from a frontier into a settled region.

From this site:http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/FF/qbf18.html

Here's some more info: http://www.9key.com/markers/marker_detail.asp?atlas_number=5483001982

http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/tx/mobeetie.html

Looks pretty interesting...

well something burnt, lol, i call it fort mobeetie cuzz that's what i read about in some old paper work that i have..

 

[phantomfinder]

Great finds there , WTG