Fort Laramie and the Great Sioux War

Fort Laramie and the Great Sioux War
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 340
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ISBN-10 : 0806130490
ISBN-13 : 9780806130491
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Download or read book Fort Laramie and the Great Sioux War written by Paul L. Hedren and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founded in 1834 on the high plains of present-day eastern Wyoming. Fort Laramie evolved into an organizational hub and chief supply center for the U.S. Army in its campaigns against the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. Fort Laramie and the Great Sioux War focuses on a crucial year in the history of the fort, 1876. That was the year of General George Crook’s Big Horn; the Black Hills gold rush; and chaos at the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Indian agencies. Paul Hedren draws upon official army records, diaries, and journals to illuminate a fort-based history of the Great Sioux War, and for this edition he also provides a new preface.


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