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Camp Collins (also known as the Fort Collins Military Reservation) was a 19th-century outpost of the United States Army in the Colorado Territory. The fort was commissioned in the summer of 1862 to protect the Overland Trail from attacks by Native Americans in a conflict that later became known as the Colorado War. Located along the Cache la ...
U.S. Army fort Destroyed by fire [7] [13] Fort Weld: Denver: Denver: 1861 1865 U.S. Army post Historical marker at 8th/Vallejo [7] Camp Collins / Fort Collins Fort Collins: Larimer: 1862 1867 U.S. Army camp / fort No remains [14] Francisco Fort: Fort Francisco La Veta: Huerfano 1862 1902 Civilian fort Refurbished, now a museum [14] [15] Fort Morgan
Fort Collins is situated at the base of the Rocky Mountain foothills of the northern Front Range, approximately 60 miles (97 km) north of Denver, Colorado, and 45 miles (72 km) south of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Elevation is 4,982 ft (1,519 m) above sea level.
In 2003, most Fort Carson units were deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Troops from the 984th Military Police CO, 759th Military Police BN were also sent in support of the guard mission at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. President George W. Bush addressed soldiers and family members at the post on November 24 ...
Fitzsimons Army Hospital, also known as Fitzsimons General Hospital, renamed Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in 1974, and Fitzsimons Building [1] in 2018 was a U.S. Army facility located on 577 acres (234 ha) in Aurora, Colorado. The facility opened in 1918 and closed in 1996.
A Colorado Army National Guard crew chief conducts preflight checks on a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter during a blizzard response exercise Sgt. Shawn Ludolph of the Colorado Army National Guard connecting fire hoses together during a training exercise Colorado Army National Guardsmen assisting law enforcement in providing security for evacuated homes during a forest fire
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Colorado (10 P) Pages in category "Military installations in Colorado" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.
The Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (also Pinon and Pinyon) is a 235,896 acre (955 km 2) U.S. Army base in southeastern Colorado. The Piñon Canyon Maneuver Site (PCMS) is a training site for Fort Carson. In 2003, the U.S. Army announced a plan to expand PCMS by purchasing additional land mostly owned by individuals devoted to ranching. Local ...