"Fort Kearny on the Platte River", RG2102.PH000004-000009

ID: 54 ~ Source: RG2102 Fort Kearney (Neb.), Nebraska State Historical Society ~ Date: 1864
This file appears in: The Great Plains
"Fort Kearny on the Platte River", RG2102.PH000004-000009
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"Fort Kearny on the Platte River", from a drawing representing the fort as it appeared in 1864.

This file appears in: The Great Plains

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