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

 

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