Fort Wingate, Military fort near Gallup, United States
Fort Wingate sits between Zuni and Navajo territories in the foothills of the Zuni Mountains, seven miles east of Gallup along Interstate 40.
The fort served as a staging point for the Navajo deportation in 1864, when troops forced Native Americans to walk 400 miles to Bosque Redondo reservation.
The 22-acre installation contains over 400 archaeological sites connected to Navajo, Zuni, and Ancestral Puebloan civilizations across its grounds.
The military installation turned ammunition depot supplied 100 tons of high explosives to the Manhattan Project for the first Trinity test in 1944.
Navajo code talkers trained at Fort Wingate during World War II, contributing to the development of an unbreakable military communication system.
Location: McKinley County
Location: New Mexico
Inception: 1862
GPS coordinates: 35.46778,-108.54056
Latest update: May 27, 2025 11:43
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