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Here behind extensive breastworks Major Thomas M. Anderson, Tenth U. S. Infantry, maintained a supply camp for the Cavalry under General Ranald S. Mackenzie, Fourth U.S. Cavalry, who in 1874-1875 forced the Indians of the region onto reservations and opened the plains to white settlement.
Anderson's Fort or Soldier's Mound is a historical marker in Spur, Dickens County, dedicated in 1936. It is one of 13 historical markers documented in Dickens County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 20 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 33.5255, -100.8441 near Spur. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lisenby-Campbell House (historical marker), about 3.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include Spur Memorial, Fourth U.S. Cavalry, and Texas Agricultural Experiment Station at Spur.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5125004721. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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