Fort Phil Kearny
Other Names: Fort Carrington, New Fort Reno
Dates used: 1866 - 1868
Location of Fort: Story, WY
Use: Military
GPS
N: 44-31.992
W: 106-49.692
Established on July 13, 1866 near the juncture of Big and Little Piney Creeks to protect the Bozeman Trail. The post was abandoned on July 31, 1868 as a result of the 1868 Laramie Treaty. The fort was burned by the Indians immediately after it was evacuated.
For more information see:
American Forts Network (internet)
Encyclopedia of Historic Forts
Forts of the West
Custer's Luck
Fighting Cheyennes
Indian Wars of the West
Sioux Indian Wars
http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/kearny.htm
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