Texas Haunted Forts [Paperback]

The forts of Texas, once teeming with soldiers, settlers and Native Americans, today stand like silent sentinels, abandoned to the ravages of sun, wind, and time. Their legends and stories are ghostly reminders of a past steeped in violence and tragic loss.The forts of Texas, once teeming with soldiers, settlers and Native Americans, today stand like silent sentinels, abandoned to the ravages of sun, wind, and time. Their legends and stories are ghostly reminders of a past steeped in violence and tragic loss. Tales of Indians wrapped in buffalo robes and a ghostly lady delivering white roses to an officer's desk are woven with historical facts, placing the reader in the midst of the action. Photographs of these historic places send the reader back in time as haunted souls of long-lost legends fill the pages.ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Forts Established Before 1800Fort St. Louis/Presidio La Bah?aThe AlamoReal Presidio de San Sab?Part II: Forts Established Between 1800 and 1845Fort AnahuacFort BendWoods' FortFort BirdFort BoggyMoore's FortFort FitzhughFort Lipantitl?nFort ColoradoFort BrownFort ParkerFort MilamFort Milam/Fort BurlesonFort ShermanLittle River FortFort LydayPart III: Forts Established Between 1845 and 1865Fort MarcyEl Fortin/Fort LeatonFort IngeBlair's FortFort TerrettFort DuncanFort DavisCamp ColoradoFort CienegaFort BelknapFort BlissFort StocktonFort McIntoshFort LancasterFort ClarkFort LincolnCamp HudsonFort QuitmanFort GatesFort MasonFort ChadbourneFort McKavettFort Martin ScottFort Phantom HillFort RinggoldCamp CooperFort EsperanzaFort GrahamFort CroghanCamp CharlottePart IV: Forts Established 1865 to Present DayFort RichardsonFort GriffinFort ConchoCamp ElizabethFort Buffalo SpringsFort HancockFort ElliottFort D. A. RussellBibliographyIndexAbout the AuthorElaine 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 famló-