The History of Fort Atkinson A little more than 150 years ago, when the American revolution was a mere 36 years behind us, when not a single settler had crossed the Mississippi into Iowa, and when not a single mile of railroad existed in the entire...
The Fort in Fort Worth was formally established on June 6, 1849 by Brevet Major Ripley Allen Arnold, commanding officer of: Company "F" 2nd. U.S. Dragoons. The fort was eventually located on the bluff overlooking the junction of the Clear...
Camp Fortunate Overlook is one of the more significant spots along the Lewis and Clark Trail. It was at Camp Fortunate that the Lewis and Clark expedition met the Limhi Shoshoni Tribe and cached their canoes and a stash of supplies for the return...
The history of North America is closely tied to the wild horse herds that spread across the plains following an Indian uprising, resulting in Spanish expelsion from Santa Fe in the late 1600s. Coronado and his conquistadors arrived in the middle...
Double Ditch Indian Village, overlooking the Missouri River, was a large earthlodge village inhabited by Mandan Indians between about 1500 and 1781. The remains of earthlodges, midden mounds (trash heaps), and fortification ditches are clearly...
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About 1861 or 1862,the savages made a horse stealing raid down the Paluxy, nearly as far as the present city of Glen Rose; then crossed the divide toward Robinson Creek. When their raid became known, members of the Arrington, Powell, Chambers...
History of Connor Battlefield In the summer of 1865, General Patrick E. Connor led a column of troops from Fort Laramie into the Powder River Country of northern Wyoming. The Powder River Expedition's mission was to make war on the Indians and...
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