The Fort McPherson Officer's Club, store & post saloon.

ID: 507 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society, RG0951.PH0-000015 ~ Date: 1865 circa
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The Fort McPherson Officer's Club, store & post saloon.
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The Fort McPherson Officer's Club, store & post saloon.

This file appears in: Fort McPherson

By The Explore Nebraska History team
The fort was established on the Oregon Trail on the south side of the Platte River in October 1863, on the eve of intensified Indian raids on the Plains. Built next to the well-known Cottonwood Springs and McDonald ranche, it commanded a strategic…