page_title: Fort Omaha
section_title: General Crook House
hierarchical_section_title: Fort Omaha / Historic District / General Crook House
caption_attribution_description: Photo taken from the East of General Crook house at Fort Omaha in Omaha Nebraska.
context_page_description: Fort Omaha, originally known as Sherman Barracks and then Omaha Barracks, is an Indian War-era United States Army supply installation. Located at 5730 North 30th Street, with the entrance at North 30th and Fort Streets in modern-day North Omaha, Nebraska, the facility is primarily occupied by Metropolitan Community College. A Navy Operational Support Center and Marine Corps Reserve unit, along with an Army Reserve unit occupy the periphery of the 82.5 acres fort. The government deeded all but four parcels of the land to the community college in 1974.
  This is where Ponca Chief Standing Bear and 29 fellow Ponca were held prior to the landmark 1879 trial of Standing Bear v. Crook. Judge Elmer Dundy determined that American Indians were persons within the meaning of the law and that the Ponca were illegally detained after leaving Indian Territory in January 1879. The Fort Omaha historic district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The district includes the 1879 General Crook House Museum, as well as the 1879 Quartermaster's office, 1878 commissary, 1884 guardhouse, 1883 ordnance magazine and 1887 mule stables.
context_section_description: In 1879 this Italianate-style house was completed for General and Mrs. Crook for the general's continued administration of the Indian Wars. Today it is used as the museum of the Douglas County Historical Society.  It is filled with 19th-century Victorian-style furniture, in addition to military exhibits, and offices of the Douglas County Historical Society.  Ornate Victorian-style gardens have been restored on the property.  It is located in the middle of Fort Omaha, at 5730 North 30th Street. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969.
caption: East-facing entrance to Crook House
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