Fort Sumner
Proper noun
Meaning
Fort Sumner
A village, the county seat of De Baca County, New Mexico, United States, named after the historic fort.
Examples
By March 1863, four hundred Apaches had settled around nearby Fort Sumner.
Garrett ended up fatally shooting the outlaw in Fort Sumner in July 1881.
He told stories about how the man killed by Pat Garrett and buried at Fort Sumner, N.M., in 1881 was an imposter, and said he escaped, moved to Hico and lived a peaceful life.
The photograph – a tintype, which is an early type of photography that used metal plates – is believed to have been taken outside a saloon at Fort Sumner, New Mexico.
Fort Sumner resident Brenda Crocker is one of those people.