The largest of the three forts built along the Bozeman Trail leading to the gold fields in Montana, Fort Phil Kearny was established by the U.S. Army on July 15, 1866 near present-day Story, Wyo. READ MORE...
CHRONOLOGY of BOZEMAN TRAIL/FORT PHIL KEARNY HISTORY - THE ANCIENT TRAIL
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FROM 15,000 YEARS AGO by Dr. Cody Newton
Fetterman Battlefield is the site of the U.S. Army’s worst defeat by Plains Indian groups with the exception of the Battle of Little Big Horn. On Dec. 21, 1866, Capt. William J. Fetterman READ MORE...
Sioux and Cheyenne warriors who gathered west of Fort Phil Kearny on the morning of Aug. 2, 1867, had several reasons to feel confident as they prepared to attack civilian woodcutters and the U.S. Army troops assigned to protect them. READ MORE...
