Fort Wingate, New Mexico Photograph Collection
Collection
Identifier: PICT-000-669
Scope and Content
Nine black-and-white snapshots of Navajo and Anglo Brownie Scout Troop led by Patricia Merrill at Fort Wingate. Children and leaders are identified on back of many photos. Three color snapshots of the Lions International Club float in a 1973 parade in Hobbs, N.M. Some personal identifications on back of photographs.
Dates
- 1954-1973
Creator
- Merrill family (Family)
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for copyright compliance. For more information see the Photographs and Images Research Guide and contact the Pictorial Archivist.
History
The U.S. Army established Fort Fauntleroy (later Fort Lyon) in what is now McKinley County, New Mexico, in 1860, and opened Fort Wingate about sixty miles away, near San Rafael, in 1862. Fort Lyon was reestablished as Fort Wingate in 1868. The fort garrisoned soldiers during the Civil War. Until its deactivation in 1911, the duties of the soldiers stationed there primarily included patrols, military surveys, and escort functions. In 1914, the fort housed Mexican Federalist troops and their families who had fled the Pancho Villa uprising. The Army renamed the deactivated fort "Fort Wingate General Ordnance Depot" in 1918, and it served as an ordinance depot until the early 1990s. A school for Native American children opened there in 1925, and a portion of the military reservation was transferred to the Department of the Interior for that purpose. The Army opened the Fort Wingate Trading Post in 1860 as a canteen and commissary. It closed in 1910 and was reopened as a civilian enterprise in 1920. Paul Merrill bought the business in 1946 and operated it until the early 1990s. The town of Fort Wingate grew up around the fort and trading post, and still exists today.
Extent
12 items (1 folder) : 12 photographic prints
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection includes snapshots of Navajo and Anglo Brownie Scout Troop led by Patricia Merrill at Fort Wingate and the Lions International Club float in a 1973 parade in Hobbs, New Mexico.
Physical Location
B2. Small Collections box 6. Filed by Pictorial Number.
Separated Material
Photographs separated from the Fort Wingate, N.M. Collection.
- 4-H clubs -- New Mexico -- Fort Wingate -- Pictorial works
- Fort Wingate (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Hobbs (N.M.) -- Pictorial works
- Indian children -- North America -- Pictorial works
- Indians of North America -- Pictorial works
- Navajo Indians -- Pictorial works
- Parades -- New Mexico -- Hobbs -- Pictorial works
- Photographs.
- School children -- New Mexico -- Fort Wingate -- Pictorial works
- Schools -- New Mexico -- Fort Wingate -- Pictorial works
Creator
- Merrill family (Family)
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Fort Wingate, New Mexico Photograph Collection, 1954-1973
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Pictorial Collections Staff
- Date
- © 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- Monday, 20210524: Attribute normal is missing or blank.
Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451