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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1853-Present) - First established in 1853 as [[Camp Center]]. Reamed Fort Riley 27 Jun 1853 after Major General [[Bennett C. Riley]], who led the first military escort along the Santa Fe Trail in 1828 and who died 6 Jun 1853. Active military installation. Also known as [[Camp Funston]], [[Camp Whiteside]] and [[Camp Forsyth]]. | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1853-Present) - First established in 1853 as [[Camp Center]]. Reamed Fort Riley 27 Jun 1853 after Major General [[Bennett C. Riley]], who led the first military escort along the Santa Fe Trail in 1828 and who died 6 Jun 1853. Active military installation. Also known as [[Camp Funston]], [[Camp Whiteside]] and [[Camp Forsyth]]. | ||
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== {{PAGENAME}} History == | == {{PAGENAME}} History == | ||
Established 17 May 1853 near the strategic junction of the Republican and Smokey Hill Rivers near present day Junction City, Kansas. Permanent post construction began in June 1855 with hundreds of civilian workers and very soon after a cholera epidemic broke out. Over 75 workers died and some 150 troop mutinied and deserted. Among the dead was the post commander, Major [[Edmund A. Ogden]]. | Established 17 May 1853 near the strategic junction of the Republican and Smokey Hill Rivers near present day Junction City, Kansas. Permanent post construction began in June 1855 with hundreds of civilian workers and very soon after a cholera epidemic broke out. Over 75 workers died and some 150 troop mutinied and deserted. Among the dead was the post commander, Major [[Edmund A. Ogden]]. | ||
Revision as of 14:26, 15 October 2011
Fort Riley (2) (1853-Present) - First established in 1853 as Camp Center. Reamed Fort Riley 27 Jun 1853 after Major General Bennett C. Riley, who led the first military escort along the Santa Fe Trail in 1828 and who died 6 Jun 1853. Active military installation. Also known as Camp Funston, Camp Whiteside and Camp Forsyth.