Overview

As the first official symbols of U.S. government presence on the western frontier, the forts of the northern plains were both centers of commerce and sources of conflict. The integral roles those forts played during decades of warfare with the Plains Indians tribes--and the fate of the posts after those wars ended--were essential to the expansion of the American West during this traumatic period of history. In Forts of the Northern Plains Jeff Barnes presents an informative guidebook to the forts of the Indian campaigns of the late nineteenth century. Focusing on sites in Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming, Barnes includes the forts' histories, descriptions of what remains today, directions, nearby points of interest, and visitor information for each post. This new, expanded edition adds a number of federal sites designated as camps and posts, as well as civilian and militia sites that are marked. With new entries, color photographs, and updated information on the forts, as well as a rating system for traveler interests, Barnes provides an up-to-date guide of the historic military posts of the Indian Wars.

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Author:   Jeff Barnes
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
Edition:   New Edition
ISBN:  

9781496235053

ISBN 10:   1496235053
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   01 July 2024
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Forts of the Northern Plains: A Map Introduction Site Ranking System Forts of Iowa Camp Kearny/Council Bluffs Blockhouse Camp McClellan Fort Armstrong (Illinois) Fort Atkinson Fort Cherokee Fort Crawford (Wisconsin) Fort Croghan Fort Defiance Fort Des Moines No. 1 Fort Des Moines No. 2 Fort Dodge Fort Eads Fort John Old Fort Madison Fort Peterson Fort Purdy Fort Robinson Spirit Lake Fort and Spirit Lake Stockade Forts of Minnesota Big Kandiyohi Lake Stockade Camp Lincoln Camp Pope Camp Release Camp Watonwan Fair Haven Fort First Congregational Church Forest City Stockade Fort Alexandria Fort Belmont Fort Chanyaska Fort Cox Fort Fairmount Fort Hanska Fort Holes Fort Judson Fort Juelson Fort Lake Johanna Fort Paynesville Fort Ridgely Fort Ripley Fort Snelling Glencoe Fort Hutchinson Stockade Maine Prairie Corners Fort New Ulm Defenses Norway Lake Military Post Ole Jorgenson’s Stockade Pike’s Fort Pomme de Terre Stockade Redwood Stockade St. Joseph Blockhouse Sauk Centre Stockade Forts of Montana Camp Cooke Fort Assiniboine Fort Benton Fort C. F. Smith Fort Custer Fort Ellis Fort Fizzle Fort Keogh Fort Logan Fort Maginnis Fort Missoula Fort Pease Fort Peck Fort Shaw Powder River Depot Forts of Nebraska Camp Clarke and Bridge Camp Lookout Camp Sheridan Fort Atkinson Fort Butler Fort Garber Fort Hartsuff Old Fort Kearny Fort Kearny Fort McPherson Fort Mitchell Fort Niobrara Fort O. K. Fort Omaha Fort Robinson Fort Sidney Omaha Quartermaster Depot Post Millalas Post North Platte Station Post Plum Creek Post South Loup Fork U.S. Blockhouse Forts of North Dakota Bad Lands Cantonment Camp Hancock Fort Abercrombie Fort Abraham Lincoln Fort Buford Fort Dilts Fort Pembina Fort Ransom Fort Rice Fort Seward Fort Stevenson Fort Totten Fort Union Fort Yates Sully’s Heart River Corral The Sibley Camps Camp Arnold Camp Atchison Camp Buell Camp Corning Camp Grant Camp Kimball Camp Sheardown Camp Weiser Camp Whitney Forts of South Dakota Camp Collier Camp Collins Camp Edwards Camp Sturgis Custer City Stockade Custer’s Permanent Camp Fort Brule Fort Dakota Fort James Fort Meade Fort Pierre Chouteau Fort Randall Fort Sisseton Fort Sod Fort Sully No. 1 Fort Sully No. 2 Fort Thompson Gordon Stockade Yankton Stockade Forts of Wyoming Camp Brown Camp Carlin Camp Cloud Peak Camp Jenney Cantonment Reno Detachment at Bridger’s Ferry Detachment at Deer Creek Station Detachment at Horseshoe Creek Station Fort Bonneville Fort Bridger Fort Caspar Fort D. A. Russell Fort Fetterman Fort Fred Steele Fort Hat Creek Fort Laramie Fort McKinney Fort Phil Kearny Fort Reno Fort Sanders Fort Stambaugh Fort Supply Fort Thompson Fort Washakie Acknowledgments Bibliography

Reviews

“Barnes has produced a valuable combination of history and travel guide for all students of the Northern Plains Indian wars. A very timely, very impressive work.”—Robert M. Utley, author of The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free Lakotas “Well written and researched, [Forts of the Northern Plains] offers a handy, carefully organized summary of many important military sites in the West.”—Barton H. Barbour, Great Plains Quarterly “A much-needed, up-to-date guide to the critical forts of the Indian campaigns of the late nineteenth century. This book should be on the shelves of everyone with an interest in the West during this traumatic period of American history.”—Jerome A. Greene, author of Nez Perce Summer, 1877: The U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis

“Barnes has produced a valuable combination of history and travel guide for all students of the Northern Plains Indian Wars. A very timely, very impressive work.”—Robert M. Utley, author of The Last Sovereigns: Sitting Bull and the Resistance of the Free Lakotas “Well written and researched, [Forts of the Northern Plains] offers a handy, carefully organized summary of many important military sites in the West.”—Barton H. Barbour, Great Plains Quarterly “A much-needed, up-to-date guide to the critical forts of the Indian campaigns of the late nineteenth century. This book should be on the shelves of everyone with an interest in the West during this traumatic period of American history.”—Jerome A. Greene, author of Nez Perce Summer, 1877: The U.S. Army and the Nee-Me-Poo Crisis

Author Information

Jeff Barnes is a writer of the Great Plains and a former newspaper reporter, editor, public relations writer, and director of marketing for the Durham Museum in Omaha. He is the author of The Great Plains Guide to Custer and The Great Plains Guide to Buffalo Bill, among other books. Barnes resides in Omaha.  

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