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 *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 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 1921 1941 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.