The Friends of Fort Selden (FOFS) was established in 1990 as a support organization for the Fort Selden State Monument - located in
Radium Springs, NM - 13 miles north of Las Cruces off exit 19 of Interstate 25, Call 526-8911. The FOFS is about 100 members
strong and is very active. Members serve in a varity of capacities, including once-a-year highway cleanup, making refreshments for
special events, helping with children's activties, working with maintenance crews and producing living history events. Throughout
the year, the FOFS host several events at Fort Selden and attend events at other state and national monuments and historic sites.
To access the event schedule click here or at the appropriate button on the right side of this page.->
The Friends of Fort Selden is a group dedicated not only to the preservation of the remains of fort Selden but to the history that
it represents. They recognize that the only way to preserve history is to share it. Thus the members of FOFS do a great deal of research
into their respective fields in an effort to accurately portray life in the nineteenth century west. Many of these reenactors travel
across the country to participate in living history and reenactment events, such as The Battle of Little Bighorn or Gettysberg. To
access these living history groups click the links below.
The Fort Selden Military Committee is dedicated to the accurate portrayal of the soldier's life in the ninteenth century
west. Each month the Military Committee has an encampment at the fort. Occasionally the regular monthly encampment is held at another
historical sight, but the committee works to assure that at least 2 people will be encamped at the fort at those times. To access
the Fort Selden encampment schedule click here, - or the appropriate link on the right of this page .Other research and living history
groups involved with Fort Selden include the Fourth Texas Volunteers, the First Texas Artillery, and the First New Mexico Volunteers.
The Ladies of Fort Selden is a group of women dedicated to the accurate portrayal of women's lives on the frontier. This group
researches and demonstrates lost skills of home making and frontier taming. Without the ladies, the Friends would certainly be an
unsavory crew of uncivilized ruffians, as displayed by the motley group here, on the right.->
The Paso del Norte Pistoleros is
an organization that brings the Old West alive. These men and women perform authentic reenactments of gunfights of the late 1800s.
They focus their efforts and research on El Paso and environs.