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| iucn_category = V | image = US_Locator_Blank.svg | caption = | locator_x = 95 | locator_y = 105 | location = New Mexico , USA | nearest_city = Santa Fe, NM | lat_degrees = 35 | lat_minutes = 55 | lat_seconds = 30 | lat_direction = N | long_degrees = 105 | long_minutes = 0 | long_seconds = 31 | long_direction = W | area = 721 acres (2.91 km²) | established = April 5 , 1956 | visitation_num = 13,117 | visitation_year = 2004 | governing_body = National Park Service }} Fort Union redirects here; for the one on the North Dakota/Montana border, see Fort Union National Monument is a unit of the National Park Service located in Watrous, New Mexico , USA . The National Monument was founded on April 5 , 1956 . The site preserves the second of three forts constructed on the site beginning in 1851 , as well as the ruins of the third. Also visible is a network of ruts from the old Santa Fe Trail . External links
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