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Fort Phil Kearny was an outpost of the United States Army that existed in the late 1860s in present-day northeastern Wyoming along the Bozeman Trail.Construction began in 1866 on Friday, July 13, by Companies A, C, E, and H of the 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry, under the direction of the regimental commander and Mountain District commander Colonel Henry B. Carrington.
When the Lakota annihilated a detachment under William J. Fetterman at the Fetterman Fight near Fort Phil Kearny on December 21, 1866, civilian travel along the trail ceased. On August 1, 1867, and August 2, 1867, U.S. forces resisted coordinated attempts by large parties of Lakota and Cheyenne to overrun Fort C. F. Smith and Fort Phil Kearny ...
Michigan: 1927: 1953: Nottawa Trails 256 256: Battle Creek Council: Battle Creek: Michigan: 1915: 1927: Battle Creek Area 256 257: Bay City Council (Michigan) Bay City: Michigan: 1917: 1926: Merged with Midland 273: Summer Trails 257 Bay City Council (Texas) Bay City: Texas: 1918: 1920: 239: Bay Shore Council: Lynn: Massachusetts: 1936: 1966 ...
Valley Trails Council (Michigan Crossroads Council) Clare: Active: The campground is owned by the Saginaw Rotary Club, but leased by the Boy Scouts. Camp Rotary offers 1,180 acres of year around camping just north of Clare, MI, on old US-27. Camp Shawondosee: Grand Valley Council (Michigan Crossroads Council)) Whitehall: Closed
It was the shortest and easiest route from Fort Laramie and the Oregon Trail to the Montana gold fields. From 1864 to 1866, the trail was traversed by about 3,500 miners, emigrant settlers and others, who competed with the Indians for the diminishing resources near the trail. [2]
In 1917, number of prominent Flint business people formed the Civic Building Association to promote the construction of new housing in the crowded city. The Association purchased 400 acres of land, hired Boston landscape architect William Pitkin to lay out a neighborhood, and retained the New York firm of Davis, McGrath & Kiessling to develop ...
The original museum was founded 1957 and focuses on Johnson County and frontier history. The museum's dioramas feature historic events and life along the Bozeman Trail, including the Wagon Box Fight, the Johnson County War between ranchers in the 1890s, the siege at the TA Ranch and a view of Buffalo's Main Street in 1894. Artifacts include ...
Fort Fetterman was built as a major supply point for the United States army's operations in the area. Established on July 19, 1867, by Companies A, C, H, and I of the 4th U.S. Infantry under the command of Major William E. Dye, the fort was named in honor of Captain William J. Fetterman, [2] who was killed in a battle with Indians near Fort Phil Kearny on December 21, 1866.