MILITARY POSTS IN NORTHERN PLAINS STATES
| Name |
Date Established |
Date Abandoned |
| Fort Abercrombie, North Dakota |
1858 |
1878 |
| Fort Abraham Lincoln (Fort McKeen), N. D. |
1872 |
1891 |
| Fort Assinniboine, Montana |
1878 |
1911 |
| Cantonment Bad Lands, N. D. |
1879 |
1883 |
| Fort Bennett (Cheyenne River Agency), S. D. 1870 |
1891 |
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| *Fort Benton, Mont. |
1869 |
1881 |
| *Fort Bridger, Wyoming |
1858 |
1890 |
| *Fort Berthold, N. D. |
1864 |
1867 |
| Fort Buford, N. D. |
1866 |
1895 |
| Fort Casper (Old Platte Bridge), Wyo. |
1865 |
1867 |
| Fort C. F. Smith, Montana |
1866 |
1868 |
| Camp Cooke, Montana |
1866 |
1870 |
| Fort Crook, Nebr. |
1891 |
1948 |
| Fort Custer (Big Horn Post), Mont. |
1877 |
1898 |
| Fort Dakota, S. D. |
1865 |
1869 |
| Fort Ellis, Mont. |
1867 |
1886 |
| Fort Fetterman, Wyo |
1867 |
1882 |
| Fort Francis E. Warren (Post on Crow Creek, |
1867 |
1948 |
| Fort David A. Russell), Wyo.Grand River Agency, S. D. |
1870 |
1875 |
| Fort Fred Steele, Wyo. |
1868 |
1886 |
| Fort Hale (Lower Brule Indian Agency), S. D. 1870 |
1884 |
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| Camp Hancock, N. D. |
1872 |
1877 |
| Fort Hartsuff (North Loup), Nebr. |
1874 |
1881 |
| Fort James, S. D. |
1865 |
1866 |
| Fort Kearny, No. 1, Nebr. |
1846 |
1848 |
| Fort Kearny, No. 2 (Fort Childs), Nebr. |
1848 |
1871 |
| Fort Keogh (New Post on the Yellowstone, |
1876 |
1908 |
| Cantonment on Tongue River, Tongue River Barracks), Mont.*Fort
Laramie, Wyo. |
1849 |
1890 |
| Fort Logan (Camp Baker), Mont. |
1869 |
1880 |
| Fort Lookout, S. D. |
1856 |
1857 |
| Fort McKinney (Cantonment Reno), Wyo. |
1876 |
1894 |
| Fort McPherson (Cantonment McKean, Post at Cottonwood Springs, Fort
Cottonwood), Nebr |
1863 |
1880 |
| Fort Maginnis, Mont. |
1880 |
1890 |
| Fort Meade (Camp Ruhlen), S. D. |
1878 |
1944 |
| Fort Missoula, Mont. |
1877 |
1918 |
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1921 |
1941 |
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1944 |
1946 |
| Fort Mitchell, Nebr. |
1864 |
1867 |
| Fort Niobrara, Nebr. |
1880 |
1906 |
| North Platte Station, (Camp Sergeant or Sergent), Nebr. |
1867 |
1881 |
| Fort Omaha (Post at Omaha, Omaha Barracks), Nebr. |
1863 |
1947 |
| Camp 0. 0. Howard, Wyo. |
1885 |
1885 |
| Fort Pembina, N. D. |
1870 |
1895 |
| *Fort Pierre, S. D. |
1855 |
1857 |
| Fort Philip Kearny (New Fort Reno), Wyo. |
1866 |
1868 |
| Platte Bridge (Fort Davis, Fort Clay), Wyo. |
1855 |
1859 |
| Plum Creek, Nebr. |
1864 |
1865 |
| Camp Poplar River, Mont. |
1880 |
1893 |
| Pilot Butte, Wyo. |
1885 |
1899 |
| Fort Randall, S. D. |
1856 |
1892 |
| Fort Ransom, N. D. |
1867 |
1872 |
| Camp Red Willow, Nebr. |
1872 |
1872 |
| Fort Reno (Fort Connor), Wyo. |
1865 |
1868 |
| Fort Rice, N. D. |
1864 |
1878 |
| Fort (Camp) Robinson, Nebr. |
1874 |
1948 |
| Fort Sanders (Fort John Buford), Wyo. |
1866 |
1882 |
| Fort Seward (Fort Cross), N. D. |
1872 |
1877 |
| Fort Shaw (Camp Reynolds) |
1867 |
1891 |
| Camp Sheridan, Nebr. |
1874 |
1881 |
| Fort Sidney (Sidney Barracks), Nebr. |
1867 |
1894 |
| Fort Sisseton (Fort Wadsworth), S. D. |
1864 |
1888 |
| Camp Stambaugh, Wyo. |
1870 |
1878 |
| Fort Sully No. 1, S. D. |
1863 |
1866 |
| Fort Sully No. 2, S. D. |
1866 |
1894 |
| Fort Thompson (Crow Creek Agency), S. D. |
1870 |
1871 |
| Fort Totten, N. D. |
1867 |
1890 |
| *Fort Union, N. D. |
1864 |
1865 |
| Fort Washakie (Camp Augur, Camp Brown), Wyo. |
1869 |
1909 |
| Whetstone Agency, S. D. |
1870 |
1872 |
| Fort Yates (Grand River Agency Standing Rock Agency), N. D. |
1874 |
1903 |
| Fort Yellowstone (Camp Sheridan), Wyo. |
1886 |
1918 |
*Posts originally constructed as fur trading establishments.
The dates indicate years in which they were occupied and abandoned as
garrisons.
Posted with permission from the Publisher who retains all copyright.
>From Mattison, Ray H., "The Army Post on the Northern Plains,
1865-1885" in NEBRASKA HISTORY, Volume XXXV, Number 1, March 1954. This
material cannot be reproduced with permission.
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