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Fort C F Smith on Big Horn River Frontier
Fort C F Smith arose on the Big Horn river in Montana as one of the first federal posts. Carrington organized the site from Fort Phil Kearny patrols to protect Bozeman trail travelers amid Red Cloud and Northern Cheyenne opposition. The hayfield battle of August 1 1867 and subsequent abandonments marked the post’s grim frontier legacy.
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Thomas B. Marquis
Custer
Fort
C. F. Smith
Montana
Big Horn County
Big Horn River
Big Horn Mountains
Charles Ferguson
John M. Bozeman
Platte River
Virginia City
Carrington
Fort Reno
Jesse L. Reno
Powder River Country
Buffalo
Wyo
Phil Kearny
Sheridan
Dakota Territory
Fort Phil Kearny
Fort Laramie
Crow Reservation
Bozeman Trail
Red Cloud
Big Horn
Fort C. F. Smith
Pipe
Tongue River
Nelson Story
Bozeman
Old Cemetery
Cos. D, E
Col
Fort Co
F. Smith
Charles Bowman
Hebard& Brininstool
F. G. Burnett
Fin Burnett
A. C. Leighton
Burnett
Sigismund Sternberg
Thomas Navin
J. C. Hollister
John E. Sullivan
Mercier
Kan
Fort Custer
Little Big Horn
Custer Battlefield National Cemetery
National Cemetery
Old Post