Qualla: Fort Selden https://qualla.com/fort-selden en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:03 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/g/b/fort-selden-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Fort Selden https://qualla.com/fort-selden Fort Selden: Introduction https://qualla.com/fort-selden/ Photo credit Df206, Public domain. A four-year-old boy practices his aim in the New Mexico desert, steadying a rifle nearly as tall as himself. His father, Captain Arthur MacArthur Jr., watches from the shade of an adobe barracks. The year is 1884, and young Douglas MacArthur is learning lessons at Fort Selden that will shape one of America's most famous generals. He later wrote that he and his brother "learned to ride and shoot, even before we learned to read and write." The ruins that stand today along the Rio Grande mark a place where frontier childhood forged military destiny.

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/g/b/fort-selden-wp/9tgb-fort-selden-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Fort Selden: Where Spanish Bones Rest https://qualla.com/fort-selden/ Photo credit Df206, Public domain. Long before the U.S. Army arrived, this stretch of river held deep significance. For centuries, the site served as Paraje de Robledo, a critical campground along the El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro. The name honored Pedro Robledo, an old Spanish soldier who died here during Juan...

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/g/b/fort-selden-wp/9tgb-fort-selden-where-spanish-bones-rest.mp3 0:06 2 full Fort Selden: From Confederate Camp to Union Fort https://qualla.com/fort-selden/ Photo credit Df206, Public domain. The Civil War came to this remote stretch of New Mexico in unexpected ways. In 1861, Confederate forces established Camp Robledo at this ancient crossing, using it as a base for cavalry patrols against Union-held Fort Craig and operations along Confederate Arizona's northern bord...

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/g/b/fort-selden-wp/9tgb-fort-selden-from-confederate-camp-to-union-fort.mp3 0:06 3 full Fort Selden: The General's Playground https://qualla.com/fort-selden/ Photo credit Df206, Public domain. Fort Selden's most famous chapter began in 1884 when Captain Arthur MacArthur Jr. arrived as post commander with his wife and two young sons. The frontier post became a classroom unlike any other for seven-year-old Arthur III and four-year-old Douglas. The boys learned horsemansh...

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/g/b/fort-selden-wp/9tgb-fort-selden-the-generals-playground.mp3 0:06 4 full Fort Selden: The End of the Frontier https://qualla.com/fort-selden/ Photo credit Df206, Public domain. Geronimo's surrender to General Nelson A. Miles at Skeleton Canyon in 1886 signaled the close of the Indian Wars and the beginning of the end for frontier outposts like Fort Selden. General William Tecumseh Sherman ordered the consolidation of six military posts into a single mas...

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]]> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/t/g/b/fort-selden-wp/9tgb-fort-selden-the-end-of-the-frontier.mp3 0:06 5 full Fort Selden: Ruins Reclaimed https://qualla.com/fort-selden/ Photo credit Jonathunder, Public domain. For decades after abandonment, the elements and treasure-seekers slowly consumed Fort Selden's adobe walls. Wind, rain, and snow eroded the structures while vandals carted away anything portable. In 1963, longtime area resident Harry N. Bailey donated the land to New Mexico. The ...

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