Fort Wingate was a military installation near Gallup, New Mexico, United States. There were two other locations in New Mexico called Fort Wingate: Seboyeta, New Mexico (1849–1862) and San Rafael, New Mexico (1862–1868). The most recent Fort Wingate (1868–1993) was established at the former site of Fort Lyon, on Navajo territory, initially to control and "protect" the large Navajo tribe to its north. The Fort at San Rafael was the staging point for the Navajo deportation known as the Long Walk of the Navajo. From 1870 onward the garrison near Gallup was concerned with Apaches to the south, and through 1890 hundreds of Navajo Scouts were enlisted at the fort.
Fort Wingate in the 1870s
Apache Scouts visiting Fort Wingate during the 1880s.
In 1895 Second Lieutenant Cornelius C. Smith, a Medal of Honor recipient, posed with his favorite horse, Blue, in front of his quarters.
The Navajo are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States.
Manuelito (Navajo, 1818–1893), a chief during the Long Walk
A 19th-century hogan
Navajo woman and child, circa 1880–1910
Untitled. Ansel Adams. 1941. Taken near Canyon de Chelly