Fort Phil Kearny

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U.S. Army fort historic site

Fort Phil Kearny was a 19th-century U.S. Army outpost in present-day Wyoming that became a focal point of conflict between the United States and Lakota Sioux during the Indian Wars.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Phil Kearny canonical	5
Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Army fort ⓘ historic site ⓘ
associatedPeople	Lakota leaders ⓘ Red Cloud ⓘ U.S. Army officers on the Bozeman Trail ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Fetterman Fight ⓘ Fetterman Fight ⓘ surface form: Fetterman Massacre Hayfield Fight ⓘ Wagon Box Fight ⓘ
builtFor	westward expansion of the United States ⓘ
category	Bozeman Trail ⓘ Forts on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming ⓘ Pre-statehood history of Wyoming ⓘ
conflict	United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: Indian Wars Red Cloud's War ⓘ
constructedBy	United States Army ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
era	19th century ⓘ
garrisonFunction	military outpost ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter	Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site visitor center ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ surface form: U.S. National Historic Landmark site on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
historicalRole	focal point of conflict between the United States and Lakota Sioux ⓘ
locatedIn	Johnson County, Wyoming ⓘ Wyoming ⓘ present-day United States ⓘ
locatedNear	Bozeman Trail ⓘ
militaryBranch	United States Army ⓘ
namedAfter	Philip Kearny ⓘ surface form: Major General Philip Kearny Philip Kearny ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operatedBy	Wyoming ⓘ surface form: State of Wyoming
partOf	Bozeman Trail fort system ⓘ
primaryAdversary	Sioux people ⓘ surface form: Lakota Sioux Plains Indians ⓘ surface form: Northern Plains tribes
purpose	to protect travelers on the Bozeman Trail ⓘ to secure routes to the Montana gold fields ⓘ
region	Great Plains ⓘ surface form: Northern Great Plains
status	historic site ⓘ no longer active military post ⓘ
topic	19th-century frontier forts ⓘ United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: United States–Native American military conflicts westward migration routes ⓘ
usedBy	United States Army ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Red Cloud's War → fortInvolved → Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ

Buffalo, Wyoming → hasNearbyAttraction → Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site

Bozeman Trail → hadMilitaryPost → Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ

Fetterman Fight → relatedTo → Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ

Wagon Box Fight → garrison → Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ

Fort Reno → successorFortNearby → Fort Phil Kearny ⓘ