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| [[Category:Wyoming Forts]]
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| [[Category:Restored]]
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| [[Category:Bozeman Trail
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| '''Fort Phil Kearny (1866-1868)''' - Named for popular Union General, [[Philip Kearny]]. It was established by Col. [[Henry B. Carrington]] of the [[18th U.S. Infantry]] in Jul, 1866 to protect emigrants traveling the Bozeman Trail north to the gold fields of Montana, and also to prevent intertribal warfare between Native American tribes.
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| The fort was the focal point of the violent [[Sioux War of 1866-1868]] between the U.S. Army and the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians lead by Chiefs [[Red Cloud]] and [[Crazy Horse]]. Fort Phil Kearny was abandoned after the Indians defeated the forces allied against them and and agreed to the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. Shortly after federal troops abandoned the post, it was burned to the ground by the Indians.
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| ==Current Status==
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| <googlemap lat="44.532738" lon="-106.82642" zoom="17" width="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large">
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| 44.532225, -106.826205, Fort Kearney<br>((1866-1868)
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| </googlemap>
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| '''Location:'''
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| 2 miles from Exit 44, off U.S. Hwy. I-90, between Sheridan & Buffalo, Wyoming
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| {{Mapit-US-cityscale|44.532225|-106.826205}}
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| * Elevation: 4700'
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/fkslide.htm State Park]
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| * [http://www.philkearny.vcn.com/ State Historic Site]
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| * [http://www.travel-to-wyoming.com/buffalo/fort_phil_kearny.htm Travel to Wyoming]
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| '''Visited:''' No
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| ==Picture Gallery==
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| </gallery>
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