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...o keep the Sioux Indians in check and to protect the Dakota-Montana trail. Fort Ransom was named for Brigadier General [[Thomas E. G. Ransom]] who died 29 |width="50%"|[[File:Fort Ransom - 11.jpg|350px|thumb|left|Fort Ranson Adjutant's Office Location]] ...

...t Gettysburg, 2 Jul 1863. Finally, on 9 Nov 1872, the name was changed to Fort Seward after [[William H. Seward]], Secretary of State under President Linc |width="50%"|[[File:Fort Seward1 - 14.jpg|350px|thumb|left|Fort Seward Officer's Quarters Markers]] ...

...y designed to protect settlers in the Red River Valley from Sioux Indians, Fort Abercrombie later served as a hub for several major transportation routes t |width="50%"|[[File:Fort Abercrombie Guardhouse - 2.jpg|350px|thumb|left|Fort Abercrombie Original Guardhouse]] ...

...he surrounding Indian reservation, guard transportation routes and aid the Dakota Sioux Indians. Abandoned by the Army in 1890 and later used as an Indian s |width="50%"|[[File:Fort Toten1 Powder Mag - 1.jpg|350px|thumb|left|Fort Totten 1870 Powder Magazine]] ...

...a Territory near present-day Williston, Williams County, North Dakota. The Fort was named after Major General [[John F. Buford]], hero of Gettysburg, who d |width="50%"|[[File:Fort Buford Magazine - 2.jpg|350px|thumb|left|Fort Buford Restored Magazine]] ...

...ns Indian affairs in 1868 as part of the Indian Peace Commission held at [[Fort Laramie]]. ...Harney Valley, Harney Lake, and Harney County after General Harney. North Dakota's Harney Peak was named after General Harney who mapped it in 1857. Florida ...

...as completed and renamed Fort Snelling after Colonel Snelling in 1825. The fort was abandoned in 1857 but reactivated in 1861 by state volunteer troops. Fe |width="50%"|[[Image:FortSnelling 1840s.jpg|thumb|350px|left|Fort Snelling in 1840s. Painting by Henry Lewis]] ...

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...oux had hunting rights there. The treaty also established a reservation in Dakota Territory wherein "the United States now solemnly agrees that no persons ex ...the nation, triggering a gold rush to the Black Hills of what is now South Dakota. The difficulty was that the Black Hills region was squarely inside the ter ...