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Fort Lyon was a 19th-century military fort in southeastern Colorado that operated from 1860 to 1897. It has been used as a sanatorium, a neuropsychiatry facility, and a prison, and is now a transitional housing facility for homeless people.
May 5, 2004 · Fort Lyon was a military post, a navy hospital, and a veterans’ hospital from 1867 to 1945. It is significant for its role in Colorado ethnic heritage, Native American history, and architectural style.
Fort Lyon was a U.S. Army post on the Arkansas River that played a role in the Civil War and the Indian campaigns. Learn about its history, location, and connection to Kit Carson, who died there in 1868.
Fort Lyon was composed of two 19th-century military fort complexes in southeastern Colorado. The initial fort, also called Fort Wise , operated from 1860 to 1867. After a flood in 1866, a new fort was built near Las Animas, Colorado , which operated as a military post until 1897.
Fort Lyon is an unincorporated community and U.S. Post Office in Bent County, Colorado, United States. The Fort Lyon Post Office had the ZIP Code 81038, though the zip code for nearby Las Animas (81054) is also used.
Bent's New Fort was a stone trading post built by William Bent in 1853 and later used by the U.S. Army as Fort Lyon. Learn about its role in the Santa Fe Trail, the Sand Creek Massacre, and its location near Lamar, Colorado.
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Nov 20, 2019 · Fort Lyon, once a Veterans Administration Hospital, then a prison, and is now what’s become known as the Fort Lyon Supportive Residential Community. The Ft. Lyon facility was created to help the chronically homeless with substance abuse problems.
