Fort Cottonwood 1865 sketch | William F. Cody Archive

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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
Date: 1865
Type: Visual Art
Keywords: Fort Cottonwood (Neb.) | Fort McPherson (Neb.)
People: Dodge, Sylvanus | Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916
ID: wfc.img.va.art00003

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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