page_title: Fort Fetterman
hierarchical_section_title: Fort Fetterman
caption_attribution_description: English: Sketch of General Crook's arrival at Fort Fetterman in Wyoming Territory following his unsuccessful 1876 Bighorn Expedition. Etching from Frank Leslie's Magazine. This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 69000187
context_page_description: Fort Fetterman was a wooden fort constructed in 1867 by the United States Army on the Great Plains frontier in Dakota Territory, approximately 11 miles northwest of present-day Douglas, Wyoming. Located high on the bluffs south of the North Platte River, it served as a major base for the start of several United States military expeditions against warring Native American tribes. The main role of the soldiers was to protect European-American pioneers on the Bozeman Trail. The fort is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
context_section_description: Fort Fetterman was a wooden fort constructed in 1867 by the United States Army on the Great Plains frontier in Dakota Territory, approximately 11 miles northwest of present-day Douglas, Wyoming. Located high on the bluffs south of the North Platte River, it served as a major base for the start of several United States military expeditions against warring Native American tribes. The main role of the soldiers was to protect European-American pioneers on the Bozeman Trail. The fort is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
caption: General Crook's Headquarters, Fort Fetterman. Etching from Harper's Weekly, December 16, 1876
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