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Fort Robinson is a former U.S. Army fort and now a major feature of Fort Robinson State Park, a 22,000-acre (8,900 ha) public recreation and historic preservation area located 2 miles (3.2 km) west of Crawford on U.S. Route 20 in the Pine Ridge region of northwest Nebraska. The fort was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960 and is part ...
A Nebraska state highway marker commemorating the fort is located on U.S. 20, about 1.5 miles south east of Valentine, Nebraska. [3] The site of the fort headquarters was located at the present day headquarters for the Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge where additional commemorative signs exist. The Wildlife Refuge maintains a visitor center.
The building was acquired by the University of Nebraska in 1955 [3] which opened the Trailside Museum at Fort Robinson in 1961. [4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988, [ 1 ] and is also part of the Fort Robinson and Red Cloud Agency historic district.
The following is a list of current and former forts in Nebraska. Western ramparts of Fort Atkinson. Nebraska State Historical Marker at Fort Robinson. Restored Fort Kearny State Park looking from parade ground southwest over marked-off officers barracks foundation. Detail of barracks at Fort Atkinson.
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In 1874, Captain John T. Lytle left his ranch in Medina County, Texas, with Tom M. McDaniel, according to Gary and Margaret Kraisinger, "to deliver 3,500 head of aged steers to the Red Cloud Indian Agency in unpopulated western Nebraska. Lytle had a government contract with the newly established agency and needed to establish a new route.
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Stables at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, which became the largest army remount station in the USA. A part of the Quartermaster Corps, the U.S. Army Remount Service provided horses (and later mules and dogs) as remounts to U.S. Army units.