Fort Phil Kearny
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Fort Phil Kearny was an outpost of the United States Army that existed in the late 1860s in present-day northeastern Wyoming along the Bozeman Trail. Construction began in 1866 on Friday, July 13, by
Fort Phil Kearny, between Buffalo & Sheridan, WY
Fort Phillip Kearney
Fort Phil Kearney Pilot Hill
Wagon Box Fight
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The Wagon Box Fight was an engagement which occurred on August 2, 1867, in the vicinity of Fort Phil Kearny during Red Cloud's War. A party of twenty-six U.S. Army soldiers and six civilians were atta
Fort Phil Kearny
…the similarly named Fort Kearny in Nebraska, which was named for his uncle, Stephen Kearny (1794–1848). Today, the fort and the nearby Fetterman and Wagon Box battle sites are maintained by the State of Wyoming as the Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site. The fort was located along the east side of the Bighorn…
An illustration of the engagement
Wagon Box Fight site, near Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming
Stone memorial to Wagon Box Fight site, near Fort Phil Kearny, Wyoming
Wyoming historical marker at Wagon Box site