In 1867, construction began by the Sixth Cavalry on the site along "Lost Creek, a small tributary of the West Fork of the Trinity River",[REF] at a cost of $800,000, and occupied on 26 November.
Life was hard for a soldier at Fort Richardson, and routine duties included long, arduous patrols along the Texas frontier from Clay and Jack counties west to Palo Duro Canyon near present-day Amarillo.