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Impressive larger format image of a young 15th US Infantry officer & his wife. The 15th Infantry had 3 Companies stationed at Fort Lyon, Colorado from November 1881 until November 1882.
Measures roughly 7" x 9.5" and is in very good condition with wear as shown. M. W. Mealey photographer, Pueblo, Colorado backmark.

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Fort Lyon was established in 1868 by Captain William H. Penrose, 3rd U.S. Infantry, in Bent County, Colorado. Built as a large, open, sandstone post near the Arkansas River to replace the first Fort Lyon which was in danger of being flooded out. The new Fort Lyon was located about 20 miles upstream from the old post.
The famed frontiersman, guide and military officer, Kit Carson died on this post 23 May 1868. His body was buried in the post cemetery with full military honors and later interred at Taos, New Mexico. The post abandoned by the U.S. Army in October 1889 and transferred to the Interior Department 20 Jan 1890.