Fort Sidney
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Fort Sidney is a historic fort located in Sidney, Nebraska
, United States
. The 37th Infantry Regiment
established "Sidney Station" at a point midway between the Platte River
s, where the modern community of Sidney, Nebraska
, now stands. Initially the installation was a block house
on a bluff with soldiers residing in tents nearby. That Spring, Fort Sedgewick, Colorado
, was abandoned and the wooden buildings moved by mule train to a location beneath the bluffs and on the Lodgepole creek
. This new garrison was named Sidney Barracks and would remain so until 1879, when it was designated Fort Sidney.
Sidney, Nebraska
Sidney is a city in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 6,282 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cheyenne County.-History:The city was named for Sidney Dillon, a railroad attorney...
, United States
United States
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. The 37th Infantry Regiment
Regiment
A regiment is a major tactical military unit, composed of variable numbers of batteries, squadrons or battalions, commanded by a colonel or lieutenant colonel...
established "Sidney Station" at a point midway between the Platte River
Platte River
The Platte River is a major river in the state of Nebraska and is about long. Measured to its farthest source via its tributary the North Platte River, it flows for over . The Platte River is a tributary of the Missouri River, which in turn is a tributary of the Mississippi River which flows to...
s, where the modern community of Sidney, Nebraska
Sidney, Nebraska
Sidney is a city in Cheyenne County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 6,282 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cheyenne County.-History:The city was named for Sidney Dillon, a railroad attorney...
, now stands. Initially the installation was a block house
Block House
The Block House is a historic building located off Naamans Road in Claymont, Delaware. The Block House is believed to be the only structure remaining of original settlement on Naaman's Creek.-History:...
on a bluff with soldiers residing in tents nearby. That Spring, Fort Sedgewick, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
, was abandoned and the wooden buildings moved by mule train to a location beneath the bluffs and on the Lodgepole creek
Lodgepole Creek
Lodgepole Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, approximately long, in the U.S. states of Wyoming, Nebraska and Colorado. Lodgepole Creek drains a basin in the interior of a low plateau which lies between the South Platte Basin and the North Platte Basin in the southeastern corner of...
. This new garrison was named Sidney Barracks and would remain so until 1879, when it was designated Fort Sidney.