William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Image: Fort Cottonwood 1865 sketch

Afterwards Fort McPherson, in the Indian Campaign, 1865. The fort was one hundred miles west of Fort Kearney, and was originally occupied as a trading post by Sylvanus Dodge, father of General Dodge.

Title: Fort Cottonwood 1865 sketch

Keywords: Fort Cottonwood (Neb.) Fort McPherson (Neb.) Dodge, Sylvanus Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916

Date: 1865

Type: Visual Art

ID: wfc.img.va.art00003

Funding and support provided by the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the Wyoming Community Foundation, Wyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources, the Dellenback Family Foundation, Adrienne & John Mars, and Naoma Tate & the Family of Hal Tate.

Banner image: Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, Wyoming, U.S.A.; Original Buffalo Bill Museum Collection, P.69.118

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The William F. Cody Archive: Documenting the life and times of Buffalo Bill

Image: Fort Cottonwood 1865 sketch