Camp Collier

Camp Collier (HM24XA)

Location: Hot Springs, SD 57747 Fall River County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 20.451', W 103° 46.971'

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June 1876 ~ June 1877

Camp at the Mouth of the Red Canyon, sometimes called Camp Collier, was established at this site in mid-June 1876 tp protect travelers over the 150-mile Cheyenne - Black Hills stage road. It came into being after the Sioux, resentful of the white invasion of their sacred Paha Sapa, had that spring killed a number of persons traveling through the steep-walled canyon, believed to be the most practical route from Cheyenne to the newly-found Black Hills gold fields. The camp was garrisoned by Co. K. Fourth Infantry, on detached service from its headquarters post at Fort Laramie, Wyoming Territory, and it was commanded by Captain William S. Collier. The garrison initially included two officers, 48 enlisted men and one civilian physician, but subsequently varied from 38 to 58, excluding the women laundresses and their children. The troopers constructed a stockade 125 feet square, with bastions on the northeast and southwest corners, on the flat below the mouth of the canyon, and planted evergreens around it. The Cheyenne - Black Hills telegraph line reached the post on 30 September and Custer on 19 October 1876. There was little trouble with the Indians following establishment of the camp, but alkaline water, boredom, and desertions were major problems. The stockade was abandoned 12 June 1877 when the stage company opened a short-cut



route from Hat Creek to Jenney Stockade and Deadwood. The buildings were dismantled and all salvageable lumber and other equipment taken southwest to Camp on Sage Creek as Co. K departed for its new station at Fort D.A. Russell near Cheyenne. While other Army units had camped for brief periods within the Black Hills, Camp Collier at the Mouth of the Red Canyon had the distinction of being the first military establishment of any permanence in the Hills proper, existing or approximately one year.
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)13T E 598658 N 4799386
Decimal Degrees43.34085000, -103.78285000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 20.451', W 103° 46.971'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 20' 27.06" N, 103° 46' 58.26" W
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Area Code(s)605
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near US-18, Hot Springs SD 57747, US
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