The first site of Fort Wingate, established around 1849, was at Seboyeta. From there it was moved south and west to a site near Ojo del Gallo, where Hispanic settlers had created a small community, now San Rafael, around the spring of that name. The site of the fort appeared as Hay Camp on an 1850 map, and many people at El Gallo earned money selling hay to the fort. In 1862, the fort was named Fort Wingate, for Capt. Benjamin Wingate, who had died that year at the Battle of Valverde. IN 1868, Fort Wingate was moved again, to … Continue reading Fort Wingate