Fred Ginapp posing with saber, Fort McPherson.

ID: 503 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society, RG0951.PH0-000024 ~ Date: 1865 circa
This file appears in: Fort McPherson and North Platte
Fred Ginapp posing with saber, Fort McPherson.
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An exterior portrait of Fred Ginapp posing with saber, Fort McPherson.

This file appears in: Fort McPherson and North Platte

By The Explore Nebraska History team
A few miles west of here on the south side of the Platte River is the site of Fort McPherson, 1863-1880. During the Indian troubles of the middle 1860's, troops of the post were occupied in keeping the telegraph lines in operation and the mail…