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Fort Sidney’s Passing Marks End of Frontier Era in Nebraska
General Stanton recalls Fort Sidney in Cheyenne County as railroads and private buyers acquire the historic site. The fort, established 1868 with the Union Pacific push, faced Sioux threats and frontier life, while veterans and scouts like Bill Liddiard, “Rattle Snake Pete,” forged daring rescues during Indian attacks and wagon trains.
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Ft. Sidney
Cheyenne County
Nebraska
Middle West
Sitting Bull
General Stanton
Fort Sidney
Union Pacific Railroad
Plains
Far West
Drouth
West
Union Pacific
Guy Henry
N. A. M. Dudley
Harry Egbert
Maj
Thornburg
Third Cavalry
Phillippines
Twenty-first Infantry
Omaha
Stanton
Nee
Bill Liddiard
Pete” Liddiard
Rushville
Rattle Snake
Pete
St. Sidney
Julesburg
Liddiard