"Except for a short Confederate occupation the fort continued in use as a prison or arsenal. Here among his western Indian prisoners, Capt. R. H. Pratt conducted the experiments that led to his later founding of Carlisle Indian School. Geronimo's band of Apaches were prisoners during the 1880's. The Spanish-American War period (1898-1899) marked the lost active military use of the fort with the confinement in its musty rooms of about 150 court-martialed American soldiers."
[now if I could just remember where I left my glasses..:))
BTW...my computer glasses have a broken arm. It's getting trickier and trickier to do this. lol
Will be saying good night to everyone soon but wanted to tell you that even though this project got off to rocky start (we can thank Katrina for that) I enjoyed doing this project with you. You are a pure joy!
Oh, Maggie, thank you so much for the gold mine of history, fun & memories here. I have been overwhelmed all day(actually still am) but just got home & will send out the link to my email list.. Your research & Aqua's "beyond the call of duty" with her eyes at risk to post, make this a very significant thread.
Thank you dear Sistah Aqua for your loving, significant & memorable posts. You have set a great example for me & others who will follow for excellence.
God Bless you !