CategorySioux Nation

Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts 11907 434th Avenue Lake City, SD 57247 605.448.5474 Email: [email protected] Walk the grounds where the officers' quarters, stone barracks, powder magazine, guard house, and other...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Yellowtail Dam Visitor Center Phone: 406-666-2412 Fax: 406-666-2415 Fort Smith was established on August 12, 1866, to protect immigrants traveling on the Bozeman Trail from attacks by the...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Historic Fort Snelling Fort Snelling History Center St. Paul, MN 55111 E-mail: [email protected] Discover an 1820s military outpost once the focus of a small settlement but now at the center...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Fort Ridgely Historic Site 72404 County Road 30 Fairfax, MN 55332 Phone: 507-426-7888 or 507-934-2160 [email protected] History In 1853, the U.S. military started construction on Fort...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Fort Robinson Museum P.O. Box 304 Crawford, NE 69339-0304 Phone: 308-665-2919 [email protected] From Crazy Horse to the cavalry to the K-9 Corps, Fort Robinson played host to them all...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts The Fort Sanders Guardhouse is the single substantially intact building remaining on the site of this military reservation erected in 1866 to protect and defend encroaching modern civilization...

Part of our in-depth series exploring Sioux Nation Forts Fort Phil Kearny P.O. Box 520 Story, WY 82842 Phone: 307-684-7629 History 1866-1868 Named for a popular Union general killed in the Civil War, Fort Phil Kearny was established at the forks of...