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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N8H_the-quartermaster-corral_Banner-WY.html
While not as well built and fortified as the military stockade to the north, the quartermaster's stockade provided protection for the Quartermaster Department's supplies, draft animals, work shops and civilian employees. Most of the supplies broug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N8B_laundress-row_Banner-WY.html
All military posts had laundresses, with some having poor reputations as ladies-of-the-night, or for conducting shady activities. This may not have been the case at Fort Phil Kearny. There were four to five laundresses at this fort, each assigned …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N81_lesson-learned_Banner-WY.html
Documented archaeology began at Fort Phil Kearny in 1961 and reoccurred in 1970, 1991-92, 1999 and 2000. The initial work was done by Gene Galloway who salvaged artifacts during the county road construction. In 1970-71 George Frison studied the si…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N7X_the-post-headquarters_Banner-WY.html
From this building the commander of the Mountain District of the U.S. Army issued orders to Forts Phil Kearny C.F. Smith, and Reno. The Mountain District was made up of the 2nd Battalion 18th Infantry until 1867 when it was reorganized into the 27…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N7T_the-guard-house_Banner-WY.html
Even though Fort Phil Kearny, like most frontier posts, had plenty of use for a jail, this was not the main function of the Guardhouse. The 50 by 32 foot, shingled building with a brick chimney, was used primarily for guard-mount. Guard-mount was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N7S_the-civilians_Banner-WY.html
Because the regulations would not allow non-military dependent civilians to reside inside Fort Phil Kearny, several civilian dwellings existed outside the post stockade on the valley plain below, and in the Quartermaster corral to the south. These…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N7Q_the-cavalrymans-quarters_Banner-WY.html
It is a false perception that the frontier posts of the American West were garrisoned with large troops of cavalry. Actually a post's usual population was largely infantry with a few cavalry for support, reconnaissance, escort, or mail delivery. F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N7N_officers-row_Banner-WY.html
Officers Row was a group of seven to ten non-descript log structures providing housing for officers and their families. They were probably a combination lumber, log, canvas, and dirt construction with one room, seldom larger than 24 by 30 feet. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N7L_post-commanders-quarters_Banner-WY.html
1867 quartermaster inspections of Fort Phil Kearny indicated the poor condition of many of the buildings on post and that they needed rebuilding. These included the barracks, officer's quarters, post headquarters and more. The post commander's hou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N7I_the-hospital_Banner-WY.html
. . . at Fort Phil Kearny was seldom successful at either of its two hospitals. The original hospital was a 24 by 84 foot structure similar to the barracks in construction. During this hospital's short service it sadly served as the morgue for Fet…