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Fort Garland has own ghostly guard

By Nellie Curtiss … Halloween night as you listen for unexplained shuffling of shoes against a hard-wood floor, or watch for flickering lights already switched off, and find doors ajar that were locked, remember whiskey, mayhem, and a friendly ghost. The Halloween winds are walking again at Fort Garland’s infantry building where Pvt. Manuel LujanContinue reading “Fort Garland has own ghostly guard”

Fort Garland’s ghostly guard walks by night

By Nellie Curtiss … Halloween night as you listen for unexplained shuffling of shoes against a hard-wood floor, or watch for flickering lights already switched off, and find doors ajar that were locked, remember whiskey, mayhem, and a friendly ghost. The Halloween winds are rattling again at Fort Garland’s infantry barracks where Pvt. Manuel LujanContinue reading “Fort Garland’s ghostly guard walks by night”