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Fort Robinson is a former U.S. Army fort and now a major feature of Fort Robinson State Park, a 22,000-acre (8,900 ha) public recreation and historic preservation area located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Crawford on U.S. Route 20 in the Pine Ridge region of northwest Nebraska.
Landmark name Image Date established [5] Location County Description; 1: Homestead National Historical Park: March 19, 1936: Beatrice: Gage: The first claim made under the Homestead Act of 1862.
The following is a list of current and former forts in Nebraska. Western ramparts of Fort Atkinson. Nebraska State Historical Marker at Fort Robinson. Restored Fort Kearny State Park looking from parade ground southwest over marked-off officers barracks foundation. Detail of barracks at Fort Atkinson.
The building was acquired by the University of Nebraska in 1955 [3] which opened the Trailside Museum at Fort Robinson in 1961. [4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, [ 1 ] and is also part of the Fort Robinson and Red Cloud Agency historic district.
The Sidney Black Hills Stage Road or Route was a trail connecting Sidney, Nebraska, Sidney Barracks, and the Union Pacific Railroad with Fort Robinson, Red Cloud Agency, Spotted Tail Agency, Custer City, Dakota Territory, and Deadwood, Dakota Territory between 1876 and 1887, when it was replaced.
Crawford is a city in Dawes County, Nebraska, United States, in the Great Plains region. The population was 997 at the 2010 census. [4] It was incorporated in 1886 and was named for the late Captain Emmet Crawford, who had been stationed at nearby Fort Robinson.
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As noted above, the location of both remount depots and areas changed over time, expanding and contracting based on the needs of the Army and general development of the system. Significant remount depots included: Fort Robinson, Nebraska; Aleshire Quartermaster Remount Depot, Front Royal, Virginia; Fort Keogh, Montana