Since the extraordinary economic revolution that took place in North America in the final decades of the nineteenth century and the first of the twentieth century, various measures have been applied in the United States, which we rightly call populists. These have, in general, had a wide acceptance of the population, but - and this is very important - their results have not always been good. And, in some cases, they have had very damaging effects.
Fortress Defiance was set up on September 18, 1851 lead by Edwin V. Sumner to make a military nearness in Diné bikéyah. Sumner separated the stronghold at Santa Fe for this reason, making the principal military post in what is presently Arizona. He cleared out Major Electus Backus in control.
