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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N29_protecting-the-travelers-or-the-garrison_Banner-WY.html
The mission of the Fort Phil Kearny garrison was to guard travelers on the Bozeman Trail, but it soon became apparent that the guards would also need protection. Therefore, on July 13, 1866, Captain Tenador Ten Eyck began building a fort which had…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N28_site-of-fort-phil-kearny_Banner-WY.html
Site ofFortPhil KearnyJuly 13, 1866August 1868Marked by theState of Wyoming
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N23_the-aftermath-two-versions-of-victory_Buffalo-WY.html
By the end of the fight the Indians, through the heroics of fellow warriors, managed to remove all but one or two of their dead and wounded from the battlefield. These were taken to a spring near the present day Fish Hatchery for cleansing and tre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N21_the-wagon-box-fight-continuing-controversies_Buffalo-WY.html
Over the years a controversy has arisen about the exact location of the Wagon Box Corral, Indian casualties and the length of the battle. The most disputed fact is the location of the corral. In the early 1900's area residents brought survivors of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N20_red-clouds-victory_Buffalo-WY.html
By 1868 the Union Pacific Rail Road had been completed through southern Wyoming and northern Utah and a new shorter road ran north to the southwestern Montana gold fields. The Bozeman Trail became obsolete. The U.S. Government once again sought ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N1Y_wagon-box-monument_Buffalo-WY.html
Before you stands a monument dedicated to the courage and bravery of the defenders in the Wagon Box Fight of August 2, 1867. This monument was built in 1936 by the Civilian Conservation Corps. The legend was written by local historians and althoug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N1X_fort-phil-kearny_Banner-WY.html
has been designated aRegistered NationalHistoric LandmarkUnder the provisions of theHistoric Sites Act of August 21, 1935this site possesses exceptional valuein commemorating and illustratingthe history of the United States.U.S. Department of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N1A_the-battle-august-2-1867_Buffalo-WY.html
On August 2, 1867, 51 men of Company C, 27th Infantry under the command of Captain James Powell and Lieutenant John Jenness are assigned to the wood cutting detail. Fourteen of these men escort a wood train toward the fort. Another 13 are protecti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N19_a-fight-to-survive_Buffalo-WY.html
Inside the corral the small body of soldiers expected defeat and the same fate as Fetterman's command. As they took up positions of their choosing, between, behind, or inside the wagon boxes, the men prepared for the worst. Some removed their shoe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N18_valor-in-attack_Buffalo-WY.html
The Indian leaders had hoped the soldiers would pursue a small decoy party of warriors led by Hump into an ambush, but the soldiers refused to follow, and the last pickets retreated safely into the corral after wounding the Ogalala warrio…