Whakakī i te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Fort Gates, he puni a te United States Army i whakatuhia i te Oketopa 26, 1849 hei Camp Gates na Kapene William Reading Montgomery me nga kamupene e rua o te Eighth United States Infantry. I noho te pa ki te taha raki o te awa o Leon tata ki te rima maero ki te rawhiti o te waahi o Gatesville, Texas. I tapaina te ingoa o te whakaurunga ki a Brevet Major Collinson Reed Gates o New York, he rangatira rongonui i roto i te
Ko te Pakanga o Palo Alto me te Pakanga o Resaca de la Palma. I whakatūria te pā hei tiaki i ngā kainoho i te rohe o Texas i ngā Inia. Ko nga kamupene D, I, F, me H o te Eighth United States Infantry i whakanoho i te pa kaha. I te Paenga-whāwhā 1851, 256 nga tangata kua whakauruhia me nga rangatira e wha tekau ma rima i tu ki Fort Gates, ko te nuinga i ripoatahia i roto i te marama kotahi.