Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Fort Gates, wani sansanin Sojojin Amurka ne wanda aka kafa a ranar 26 ga Oktoba, 1849 a matsayin Camp Gates ta Kyaftin William Reading Montgomery da kamfanoni biyu na Rundunar Sojojin Amurka ta Takwas. Ginin ya kasance a arewacin Kogin Leon kimanin mil biyar gabas da wurin Gatesville na yanzu, Texas. An sanya sunan wannan kayan aiki ne ga Brevet Major Collinson Reed Gates na New York, sanannen jami'in a yakin Palo Alto
da kuma yakin Resaca de la Palma. An kafa sansanin ne don kare mazauna kan iyakar Texas daga Indiyawa. Kamfanonin D, I, F, da H na Rundunar Sojojin Amurka na takwas sun yi garkuwa da sansanin. A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1851, an sanya sojoji 256 da jami'ai arba'in da biyar a Fort Gates, mafi yawan rahotanni a cikin wata daya.