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Fort D. A. Russell was established in 1867 as a frontier infantry and cavalry post serving as a supply depot and to protect transcontinental railroad construction crews. The Fort, with its strategic location and railroad connection, was declared to be a permanent post by the War Department in 1885 and an extensive building program began. Fort Russell was enlarged to a brigade-sized post in 1906. | Fort D. A. Russell was established in 1867 as a frontier infantry and cavalry post serving as a supply depot and to protect transcontinental railroad construction crews. | ||
The Fort, with its strategic location and railroad connection, was declared to be a permanent post by the War Department in 1885 and an extensive building program began. The post was sized to house eight infantry companies. The building program replaced the wooden structures with the trademark red brick buildings that mostly remain today. | |||
Fort Russell was enlarged to a brigade-sized post in 1906 and the building program continued. By 1910 the size of the post had been tripled and many of the present day red brick quarters, barracks and support buildings were complete. | |||
In 1930 the post was renamed [[Fort Francis E. Warren]] after a Cheyenne resident who served as United States Senator for 37 years. | |||
== [[World War II]] == | == [[World War II]] == | ||
With the beginning of World War II, Fort Warren became a Quartermaster Training Center with twenty thousand men in training here. In 1947 Fort Warren was assigned to the Air Force and became Francis E. Warren Air Force Base. -- from [http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/russell.htm State Site] -- | With the beginning of World War II, Fort Warren became a Quartermaster Training Center with twenty thousand men in training here. In 1947 Fort Warren was assigned to the Air Force and became Francis E. Warren Air Force Base. -- from [http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/russell.htm State Site] -- | ||
Revision as of 07:11, 5 June 2010
Fort D.A. Russell (2) (1867-1948) - Established 21 Jul 1867 by Col. John D. Stevenson, 30th U.S. Infantry, and named for Brig. Gen. David A. Russell. The fort was renamed Fort Francis E. Warren in 1930. In 1948 the post was renamed Francis E. Warren Air Force Base and is still an active military installation. Also known as Post on Crow Creek and Camp Carlin.
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Fort D.A. Russell (2) History
Fort D. A. Russell was established in 1867 as a frontier infantry and cavalry post serving as a supply depot and to protect transcontinental railroad construction crews.
The Fort, with its strategic location and railroad connection, was declared to be a permanent post by the War Department in 1885 and an extensive building program began. The post was sized to house eight infantry companies. The building program replaced the wooden structures with the trademark red brick buildings that mostly remain today.
Fort Russell was enlarged to a brigade-sized post in 1906 and the building program continued. By 1910 the size of the post had been tripled and many of the present day red brick quarters, barracks and support buildings were complete.
In 1930 the post was renamed Fort Francis E. Warren after a Cheyenne resident who served as United States Senator for 37 years.
World War II
With the beginning of World War II, Fort Warren became a Quartermaster Training Center with twenty thousand men in training here. In 1947 Fort Warren was assigned to the Air Force and became Francis E. Warren Air Force Base. -- from State Site --
Current Status
None of the original Fort D. A. Russell structures are extant, but most of the 1885 and later red brick barracks, officer's quarters, offices, and cavalry stables survive.
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Location: One mile west of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Maps & Images Lat: 41.151839 Long: -104.850512 |
Sources:
- Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 197
- Frazer, Robert W., Forts of the West, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman OK, 1965, ISBN 0-8061-1250-6, page 184
- Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 858
- Barnes, Jeff, Forts of the Northern Plains - Guide to Historic Military Posts of the Plains Indian Wars, Copyright 2008, Stackpole Books, ISBN 13: 978-0-8117-3496-7, ISBN 10: 0-8117-3496-X, page 175-180
Links:
- Wikipedia - Fort D.A. Russell
- State Site - Fort D.A. Russell
- North American Forts - Fort D.A. Russell
- F.E. Warren AFB - History
- Library of Congress - Fort D.A. Russell Photos
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