# McShane's stone fort

- URL: https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/mcshanes-stone-fort/
- Also known as: Old Stone Fort
- Kind: Forts, raids and the Indian wars
- Status: Historic or vanished
- County: El Paso County, Colorado
- Point: 39.0969, -104.8764 (USGS GNIS point)

- Updated: 2026-10-06

## What we know

A refuge in 1865-68 (1950 DAR marker). On Sept. 21, 1868 raiders came to Mr. McShane's house, where 'several women' were alone, and took a picketed horse after Mrs. McShane told them to; the same party burned Walker's house at the head of Monument Creek (Rocky Mountain News, Sept. 22, 1868).

## Where it was

USGS GNIS Locale 193249

The U.S. Geological Survey's official point for this place name.

## Nearby

- [McShane Home](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/mcshane-home/): 0.1 mi north
- [Lierd's Store](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/lierds-store/): 0.4 mi southeast
- [Monument Presbyterian Church](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/monument-presbyterian-church/): 0.4 mi southeast
- [Monument](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/monument/): 0.4 mi southeast
- [Higby Store](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/higby-store/): 0.4 mi southeast
- [Methodist parsonage (Father Dyer, 1874)](https://palmerdivideresearch.com/places/methodist-parsonage-father-dyer-1874/): 0.4 mi southeast

Source numbers (S-0000) refer to https://palmerdivideresearch.com/sources/. Compiled by Michael Christensen for Palmer Divide Research; CC BY 4.0.