Fort Lackman

Fort Lackman was a United States Department Of Defense base near Lubbock, Texas. Though not currently functioning, it was still open and operational during the events of the campaign in 1901.

In 1885, a band of armed outlaws broke into Fort Lackman. In addition to firearms, they kidnapped Doctor H. Edward Preston, a noted physicist famous for his work with flying machines. Doctor Preston’s disappearance began the largest manhunt in US Marshal history for his suspected kidnapper, Daniel Kendall “Cowboy Dan” Baumgartner, and his posse. Though Cowboy Dan was never found, the remains of Doctor Preston would be discovered in a remote mountain pass in rural Nevada, known as the North Truckee Pass, eight years later. Only one arrest was made in connection with this crime; Arn Erich Schultze, a previous member and deserter of the Cowboy Dan posse, served eight years of a twenty year sentence in a federal prison for conspiracy to commit murder, burglary, and assault of a federal officer, before being released on probation. Arn would be found dead less than a month later in his home in Little Jack, Texas.