Robert R. Livingston

ID: 645 ~ Source: Nebraska State Historical Society, RG2102-PH000006-000007_SFN92427 ~ Date: 1865
This file appears in: Fort Kearny
Robert R. Livingston
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Robert R. Livingston, Colonel, First Nebraska at Fort Kearny, 1865

This file appears in: Fort Kearny

By The Explore Nebraska History team
The growth of overland emigration to Oregon after 1842 resulted in the establishment of military posts across the West to protect travelers. The first post, Fort Kearny, was established in the spring of 1848 "near the head of the Grand…