Fort Tularosa

Fort Tularosa, now known as Aragon, New Mexico was a former United States Army fort 33.88111°N, -108.53833°W. The fort was built in 1872 to protect the Apache Indian Agency from the Ojo Caliente Band of Apaches. The fort was abandoned when the tribe was moved back to the Ojo Caliente reservation in 1874. A stockade was built on the site of the earlier fort in 1880 by Buffalo Soldiers led by Sergeant George Jordan.

On May 13, 1880, Sergeant George Jordan led a group of 25 men to repulse a force of more than 100 Indians in the Battle of Fort Tularosa. Jordan would eventually received the Medal of Honor for his actions during that battle.

The only remaining evidence of the fort is a burial ground for soldiers who served in the Arizona Territory. ,