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Table 1 MILITARY POSTS IN NORTHERN PLAINS STATES
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NAME OF FORT
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YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT
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YEAR OF ABANDONMENT
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Fort Abercrombie, N.D.
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1858
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1878
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Fort Lincoln ( N. D.
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1872
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1891
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Fort Assinnboine, MT.
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1878
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1911
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Fort Bennett (Cheyenne River Agency) S.D
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1870
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1891
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Fort Benton, MT.
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1869
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1881
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Fort Bridger
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1858
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1890
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Berthold, N.D.
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1864
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1867
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Fort Buford, N.D.
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1864
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1867
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Fort Casper (Old Platte Bridge) WY.
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1865
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1867
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Fort Cooke, MT.1866
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1866
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1870
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Fort C.F. Smith
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1866
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1888
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Fort Crook, NE.
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1891
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1948
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Fort Custer, (Big Horn Post) MT.
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1877
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1899
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Fort Dakota, S.D.
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1865
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1869
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Fort Ellis MT.
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1967
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1886
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Fort Fetterman, WY.
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1867
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1882
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Fort Francis E. Warren (post on Crow Creek)
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1867
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1948
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Fort David A. Russell, WY.) and River Agency
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1870
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1875
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Fort Fred Steele, WY.
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1868
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1886
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Fort Hale (Lower Brule Indian Agency, S.D.)
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1870
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1884
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Fort. Hancock, N.C.
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1872
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1877
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Fort Hartsuff (N. Loup) NE.
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1874
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1881
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Fort James, S.D.
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1865
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1866
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Fort Kearney, No. 1, NE.
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1846
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1848
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Fort Kearney, No.2 (Fort Childs) NE.
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1848
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1871
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Fort Keogh (New Post on the YellowstoneCantonment on Tongue River, Tongue River Barracks) MT.
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1876
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1908
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Table 2 Military Posts in Northern Plains States
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Fort Laramie, WY.
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1849
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1890
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Fort Logan (Camp Baker) MT.
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1869
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1880
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Fort Lookout, S.D.
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1856
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1857
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Fort McKinney (Cantonment Reno) WY.
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1876
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1894
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Fort Mc Pherson (Cantonment McKean, Post at Cottonwood Springs, Ft. Cottonwood) NE.
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1863
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1880
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Fort Maginnis, MT.
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1880
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1890
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Ft. Mean (Camp Ruhlen) S.D.
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1878
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1944
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Fort Missoula, MT.
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1877
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1918
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Fort Mitchell, NE.
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1864
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1867
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North Platte Station, (Camp Sergeant or Sergent), NE.
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1880
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1906
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Fort Omaha (Post at Omaha, Omaha, Barracks) NE
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1863
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1947
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Camp O.O. Howard, WY.
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1885
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1885
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Fort Pembina, N.D.
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1870
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1895
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**Fort Pierre, S.D.1855
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1855
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1857
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Fort Phillip Kearny (New Fort Reno) WY.
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1866
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1888
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Platte Bridge (Fort Davis, Fort Clay) WY.1855
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1855
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1859
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Plum Creek, NE.
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1866
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1865
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Camp Poplar River, MT.
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1880
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1893
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Pilot Butte, WY.
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1885
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1899
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Fort Randall, S.D.
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1856
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1892
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Fort Ransom, N.C.
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1867
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1872
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Camp Red Willow, NE.
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1872
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1872
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Fort Reno, (Fort Connor) WY.
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1865
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1868
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Fort Rice N.D.
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1864
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1878
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Fort (Camp) Robinson, NE.
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1874
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1948
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Table 3 Military Posts in Northern Plains States
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Fort Sanders (Fort John Buford) WY.
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1866
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1882
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Fort Seward (Fort Cross) N.D.
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1872
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1877
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Fort Shaw (Camp Reynolds)
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1867
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1891
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Camp Sheridan NB
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1874
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1881
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Fort Sidney (Sidney Barracks), NE.
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1867
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1894
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Fort Sisseton (Fort Wadsworth) S.D.
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1864
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1888
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Camp Stambaugh, WY.
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1870
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1878
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Fort Sully No. 1, S.D.
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1863
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1866
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Fort Sully No. 2, S.D.
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1866
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1894
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Fort Thompson (Crow Creek Agency) S.D.
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1870
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1871
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Fort Totten, N.D.
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1867
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1890
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**Fort Union, N.D.
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1864
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1865
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Fort Washakie (Camp Augur, Camo Brown)WY.
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1869
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190
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Whetstone Agency, S.D.
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1870
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1872
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Fort Yates (Grand River Agency Standing Rock Agency) N.D.
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1874
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1903
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Fort Yellowstone (Camp Sheridan) WY.
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1886
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1918
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(SOURCE:Army Posts on the Great Plains, 1865-1888. by Ray Matlison 1935
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**Posts originally constructed as fur trading establishments. The dates indicate years in which they were occupied and abandoned as garrison.
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