• Fort Niobrara (1880–1906) was a military post located in north central Nebraska. Constructed along the Niobrara River after the Great Sioux War of 1876...
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    Butte Reservoir Fort Niobrara, a U.S. Army outpost (1880–1906) Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge Niobrara National Scenic River Niobrara State Park,...
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  • Fort Niobrara was a military installation in the U.S. state of Nebraska. Fort Niobrara may also refer to Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge in Nebraska...
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  • Samuel A. Cherry (category Forts in Nebraska)
    bring all 20 of his men back to the column. In 1881, while based at Fort Niobrara, Nebraska, Cherry was killed by a drunken soldier. In 1883, his name...
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    westernmost 26 miles (40 km) of the Scenic River section, from the Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge (just east of Valentine) to the Rocky Ford...
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    The Niobrara Formation /ˌnaɪ.əˈbrærə/, also called the Niobrara Chalk, is a geologic formation in North America that was deposited between 87 and 82 million...
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    The Fort Niobrara Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska, near Valentine. Created by an act of Congress in 1976, the wilderness is managed...
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    named for Lt. Samuel A. Cherry, an Army officer who was stationed at Fort Niobrara and was killed in South Dakota in 1881. Cherry County is in the Nebraska...
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    Harrison, Nebraska. The main features of the monument are a valley of the Niobrara River and the fossils found on Carnegie Hill and University Hill. The area...
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    Fort Kearny was a historic outpost of the United States Army founded in 1848 in the Western United States during the middle and late 19th century. The...
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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...
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    its meanderings, to its junction with the Niobrara River; thence down the middle of the channel of said Niobrara River, and following the meanderings thereof...
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    Express National Wildlife Refuges Boyer Chute Crescent Lake DeSoto Fort Niobrara John and Louise Seier Karl E. Mundt North Platte Rainwater Basin Valentine...
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    Pass about 1850 is unknown, although one possibility includes soldiers from Fort Laramie. Many emigrants preferred this route rather than trying to traverse...
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    just east of present-day Fort Calhoun, Nebraska, the fort was erected in 1819 and abandoned in 1827. The site is now known as Fort Atkinson State Historical...
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    (1874), Nebraska Fort Sill (1869), Oklahoma Fort Robinson (1874), Nebraska Camp Sheridan (1874), Nebraska Fort Niobrara (1880), Nebraska Fort Elliott (1875)...
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    Nebraska and Samuel R. McKelvie National Forests and the Buffalo Gap and Fort Pierre National Grasslands from common offices in Chadron, Nebraska. Oglala...
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    sections of the region are drained by tributaries of the Loup River and the Niobrara River, while the western section is largely composed of small interior...
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    Toadstool Geologic Park USFS National Recreation Areas Pine Ridge National Wilderness Fort Niobrara Soldier Creek Wild and Scenic Rivers Missouri Niobrara...
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  • Bibb Fort Bowyer Fort Carney Fort Claiborne Fort Condé, open to the public Fort Crawford Fort Dale Fort Decatur Fort Easley Fort Gaines Fort Glass Fort Hampton...
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    Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge is located in the U.S. state of Nebraska and includes 19,131 acres (77.42 km2). The refuge borders the Niobrara...
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    rifle, issued to the Twenty-Fifth Infantry back at their former post, Fort Niobrara. The seven empty shells were “all in a bunch,” as Macklin described...
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    descended from it in Canada. Park officials transferred plains bison from Fort Niobrara National Wildlife Refuge to Theodore Roosevelt National Park's South...
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  • McPherson Fort Mitchell Fort Niobrara Omaha Quartermaster Depot Fort Omaha Pilcher's Post Ponca Fort (Nanza) Fort Robinson Camp Sheridan Fort Sheridan...
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  • Companies B, C, and D of the Twelfth Infantry left Fort Sully en route to Fort Niobrara, Nebraska leaving Fort Sully abandoned. DAKOTA EXPEDITIONS OF SIBLEY...
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    Missouri River. There, a fort was built to protect the early settlers from Indian attacks. The settlement took its name from the Niobrara River. Nebraska highways...
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    the second largest hydraulically filled earthen dam in the world (behind Fort Peck Dam) on the time of its completion. The dam was named for George P....
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    bridges have been converted for recreational use. The bridge across the Niobrara River east of Valentine is a quarter-mile long (400 m) and 148 feet (45 m)...
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    "coolness, presence of mind, and bravery in saving lives of others at Fort Niobrara," by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. After the Certificate of...
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    expected. Barnes, Jeff (2014). The Great Plains Guide to Buffalo Bill: Forts, Fights & Other Sites. Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0811712934. Wetmore, Helen...
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