Fort Bascom 1907

Fort Bascom had a short life, lasting only seven years, 1863 - 1870. By the time these pictures were taken (March, 1907), the old fort was in a sorry state. I have also blogged about this fort here & here.

4 comments:

Paul Chaplo, Photographer / Author said...

Thanks for sharing these pics of Fort Bascom.

falmanac said...

You're welcome.

Paul Chaplo, Photographer / Author said...

Is the Fort Bascom site located at current site of the corrals across a dirt road
from a small ranch house near the Canadian River?

falmanac said...

The only location I know of for sure is the historical marker, which places the fort in the vicinity of the sign. If you ever get access to the site, give me a yell, I'd like to get some pictures. These pictures where taken by my grandmother and her sisters, back in the day. There is another, taken by them, in the Tucumcari museum.