Indian Territory Military Forts
Alphabetical
list of forts, reservations, blockhouses, named camps, National
and State Homes for soldiers, national cemeteries, etc., in the
United States from its earliest settlement to date.
Many of the forts and structures
named were erected by the early settlers for their own
protection, and all vestige of them has now disappeared. The
exact locations of many are not positively known at the present
day, but reference is made to them in State histories, State
papers, etc. Those in bold-faced type are now occupied by troops
or are under the control of the War Department.(does not apply)
The data available for consultation are known to be incomplete,
and may be erroneous in some instances.
Arbuckle,
Camp, Indian Territory on Red Fork of Canadian.
Arbuckle, Fort, Indian Territory on
Washita River, in Chickasaw Nation.
Canadian
River, cantonment on, Indian Territory, near one hundredth
meridian.
Chickasaw Agency, post at, Indian Territory.
Cobb, Fort, Indian Territory at junction of Pond Creek and
Washita River.
Coffee, Fort, Indian Territory at Swallow Rock, on the Arkansas
River.
Frank, Camp,
Indian Territory at Ardmore.
Gibson, Fort,
Indian Territory Cherokee Nation; now town of that name.
Gibson, Fort, Indian Territory on Grand River.
Holmes, Fort,
Indian Territory at Choteau, on the Canadian River.
Leavenworth,
Camp, Indian Territory 12 miles west of Washita.
Lower Brule Agency, fort at, Dakota Fort Hale.
North Fork of
the Canadian, cantonment on, Indian Territory, 70 miles from
Fort Supply.
Phoenix,
Camp, Indian Territory Subsequently Fort Towson.
Price, Camp, Indian Territory near Arkansas City.
Russell,
Camp, Indian Territory near Fort Reno.
Radziminski, Camp, Indian Territory on Otter Creek.
Schofield,
Camp, Indian Territory 7 miles southeast from Arkansas City.
Towson, Fort,
Indian Territory in Choctaw Nation.
Washita,
Fort, Indian Territory near False Washita River, 25 miles above
its mouth.
Wayne, Fort, Indian Territory on Illinois River, near Missouri
State border.
Wichita, Camp, Indian Territory Name changed to Fort Sill.
Military
Forts
Source: Historical Register and
Dictionary of the United States Army, Volume 2, by Francis B.
Heitman, Government Printing Office, 1903.
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