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Fort McPherson Army Outpost --- 1876
A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE ORIGINAL SITE
Fort McPherson Army Outpost as it looked about 1876, the year
statehood was granted to the Territory of Nebraska. Established on
the Oregon Trail in 1863, it was the only major post between Fort
Kearney and Fort Laramie, a distance of 350 miles. Although active
for only 17 years, it boasts the most colorful but least known history
of any fort in the Territory of Nebraska. (Inset at right) A rare
photograph of Wm. F. (Buffalo Bill) Cody as he appeared about 1875.
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AUGUST 1989
Fort McPherson Centennial Assn., North Platte, Neb.
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