Fort Sidney
Fort Sidneyis a historic fort located inSidney, Nebraska,United States.The 37thInfantry Regimentestablished "Sidney Station" at a point midway between thePlatte Rivers,where the modern community ofSidney, Nebraska,now stands. Initially the installation was ablock houseon a bluff with soldiers residing in tents nearby. That Spring, Fort Sedgewick,Colorado,was abandoned and the wooden buildings moved by mule train to a location beneath the bluffs and on theLodgepole creek.This new garrison was named Sidney Barracks and would remain so until 1879, when it was designated Fort Sidney.
TheUnion Pacificrailroad eventually arrived and the fort was a trailhead for theSidney-Black Hills Trailto the gold prospecting and mining areas of the Dakotas. TheGreenwood Stage Stationwas a stagecoach stop on the trail. The trail crossed theNorth Platte RiveratCamp Clarke Bridge Site.[1]
The Fort Sidney Complex is a museum of the remaining fort buildings. The complex includes the married officer's quarters which houses the Cheyenne County Museum, the Commander's Home which has been restored and outfitted with late 19th-century period furnishings, and a powder house.[2]
References
[edit]- ^"Nebraska National Register Sites in Morrill County".Nebraska State Historical Society. Archived from the original on April 9, 2000.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^"Cheyenne County Museum - Fort Sidney Officers Quarters - Sidney, Nebraska".Waymarking.Retrieved18 October2013.
External links
[edit]- Fort Sidney Complex- Cheyenne County Tourism
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