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Fort Reno and the Indian Territory Frontier
Fort Reno and the Indian Territory Frontier Author:Stan Hoig Following the Indian uprising known as the Red River War, Fort Reno (in western Oklahoma) was established in 1875 by the U.S. government. Its original assignment was to serve as an outpost to exercise control over the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians. But Fort Reno also served as an embryonic frontier settlement around which the first trappings of A... more »nglo-American society developed a regulatory force between the Indian tribes and the white man, and the primary arm of government responsible to Native American tribes by treaty. It was also a cavalry remount center. But as the horse cavalry was phased out, the demise of Fort Reno was imminent. When Ben Clark, the prideful scout who knew and loved Fort Reno, ended his own life in 1914, the military post that had once thrived on America's frontier was brought to a poignant end. Here too are stories of the great cattle drives, Indian pacification and the Plains Wars, railroads, white settlement, and the Oklahoma land rushes. FORT RENO AND THE INDIAN TERRITORY FRONTIER guides the reader, like an old scout, through a time of treacherous but fascinating events in the Old West.« less