Fort Namaqua

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Dates used: ?? - 1865

Location of Fort: Loveland, CO

Use: Military

GPS 

N: 40-23.987

W: 105-07.399

Mariano Modena built a cabin near the forks of Buckhorn and Dry Creeks in 1858 and later built a stone fort for the protection of his family.  In 1862 Namaqua became a station on the Overland Stage Line.

For more information see:

American Forts Network (internet)

Encyclopedia of Historic Forts

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