Fort Phantom Hill Sentries
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MizzMonkey
N 32° 38.569 W 099° 40.744
14S E 436309 N 3611894
Chimneys called sentries that remain standing.
Waymark Code: WM1431Z
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/04/2021
Views: 28
A chimney cluster where the officers’ quarters once stood at Fort Phantom Hill a U.S. military post developed and abandoned in the mid-1800s. The log walls are long gone, but the chimneys are standing the test of time.
A self-guided tour on dirt walking trails reveals partial structures of stone. The imagination works to fill in the gaps of this big picture, today marked only by two buildings, 15 chimneys and a four-walled edifice without a roof. Cacti grow atop jagged masonry, and tall, ragged mesquite claw the sky as wind whistles by. Amid these, a small well has been sealed. A cannon points toward the road. A chuck wagon’s wheels root among dry prairie grasses. On this spring day, raindrops fall from a mostly cloudless sky, landing with an audible crack on the parched ground.
Additional waypoints to this waymark: N 32° 38.530 W 099° 40.745
Is your description history or fantasy: History
Public or Private Propery: Private
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