Camp Funston is a U.S. Army training camp located on the grounds of Fort Riley, southwest of Manhattan, Kansas. The camp was named for Brigadier General Frederick Funston. It is one of sixteen such ca
Soldiers ill with Spanish influenza at a hospital ward at Camp Funston, Kansas, when the epidemic began in 1918.
Postcard of Camp Funston (circa 1917-18)
Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in North Central Kansas, on the Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, between Junction City and Manhattan. The Fort Riley Military Reservation co
Camp Funston
…Camp Funston is a U.S. Army training camp located on the grounds of Fort Riley, southwest of Manhattan, Kansas. The camp was named for Brigadier General Frederick Funston (1865–1917). It is one of sixteen such camps that were…
Bennet C. Riley, the namesake of Fort Riley
The First Territorial Capitol of Kansas was built in 1855 at present-day Fort Riley.
Built in 1855, Fort Riley's Custer Home represents the architecture and style of a military home on the base during the Civil War era.