Texas Haunted Forts

by Elaine Coleman

Overview

Like silent sentinels of an era long gone stand the forts of Texas. Their legends are ghostly reminders of a past steeped in history. Near-forgotten tales of life and death on the Texas frontier and mysterious hauntings fill the pages, as well as the history and location of the forts and what can be seen of them today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493032464
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/15/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Elaine Coleman is an award-winning author and former editor for two independent West Texas newspapers. She is a sixth-generation Texan and lives with her husband, Jerry, on the family farm near Winters, Texas, with three dogs, an old barrel racing horse, and sixty or so mother cows.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgements	vii
	Introduction	viii
Part I	Forts Established Before 1800
	Fort St. Louis/Presidio La Bahia	2
	The Alamo	7
	Real Presidio de San Saba	12
Part II	Forts Established Between 1800 and 1845
	Fort Anahuac	20
	Fort Bend	24
	Woods's Fort	28
	Fort Bird	34
	Fort Boggy	38
	Moore's Fort	42
	Fort Fitzhugh	47
	Fort Lipantitlan	51
	Fort Colorado	55
	Fort Brown	59
	Fort Parker	63
	Fort Milam	68
	Fort Milam/Fort Burleson	72
	Fort Sherman	76
	Little River Fort	79
	Fort Lyday	82
Part III	Forts Established Between 1845 and 1865
	Fort Marcy	86
	El Fortin/Fort Leaton	88
	Fort Inge	92
	Blair's Fort	95
	Fort Terrett	99
	Fort Duncan	103
	Fort Davis	108
	Camp Colorado	112
	Fort Cienega	116
	Fort Belknap	118
	Fort Bliss	122
	Fort Stockton	126
	Fort McIntosh	129
	Fort Lancaster	132
	Fort Clark	134
	Fort Lincoln	138
	Camp Hudson	143
	Fort Quitman	147
	Fort Gates	150
	Fort Mason	153
	Fort Chadbourne	157
	Fort McKavett	160
	Fort Martin Scott	167
	Fort Phantom Hill	171
	Fort Ringgold	176
	Camp Cooper	181
	Fort Esperanza	184
	Fort Graham	186
	Fort Croghan	190
	Camp Charlotte	193
Part IV	Forts Established 1865 to Present Day
	Fort Richardson	198
	Fort Griffin	205
	Fort Concho	209
	Camp Elizabeth	216
	Fort Buffalo Springs	219
	Fort Hancock	223
	Fort Elliott	227
	Fort Russell	231
	Index	237

Editorial Reviews

Ghostly whispers of the past inhabit these well-researched stories about the forts of early-day Texas.

Gwen Choate