Fort C. F. Smith

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U.S. Army post frontier military fort

Fort C. F. Smith was a 19th-century U.S. Army post in Montana Territory that protected travelers along the Bozeman Trail and became a focal point of conflict during Red Cloud's War.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Fort C. F. Smith canonical	5

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Army post ⓘ frontier military fort ⓘ
associatedWith	Bozeman Trail ⓘ Plains Indian Wars ⓘ surface form: Northern Plains Indian Wars
builtForPurpose	to protect freight and mail routes to Montana goldfields ⓘ to protect travelers on the Bozeman Trail ⓘ
category	19th-century fort in Montana Territory ⓘ Bozeman Trail fort system ⓘ surface form: Bozeman Trail military installation
conflict	Red Cloud's War ⓘ
constructedBy	United States Army ⓘ
controlledBy	United States Army ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
establishedDuring	Red Cloud's War era ⓘ
focalPointOf	Red Cloud's War ⓘ
function	military protection of settlers ⓘ protection of wagon trains ⓘ
garrisonedBy	United States Cavalry ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army cavalry units Infantry Branch ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army infantry units
historicalEra	United States–Native American wars ⓘ surface form: American Indian Wars post–Civil War frontier period ⓘ
locatedIn	Montana Territory ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Montana ⓘ
locatedNear	Bighorn River ⓘ Yellowstone River ⓘ
locatedOn	Bozeman Trail ⓘ
namedAfter	C. F. Smith ⓘ Charles Ferguson Smith ⓘ
namedAfterOccupation	Union Army general ⓘ
opposedBy	Arapaho ⓘ Northern Cheyenne ⓘ Oglala Lakota ⓘ
partOf	Bozeman Trail fort system ⓘ surface form: Bozeman Trail forts U.S. military posts in the Indian Wars ⓘ
region	Great Plains ⓘ surface form: Northern Great Plains
status	abandoned ⓘ historic site ⓘ
timePeriod	19th century ⓘ
usedFor	projecting U.S. military power into Powder River country ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Red Cloud's War → fortInvolved → Fort C. F. Smith ⓘ

Bozeman Trail → hadMilitaryPost → Fort C. F. Smith ⓘ

Hayfield Fight → near → Fort C. F. Smith ⓘ

Hayfield Fight → associatedWith → Fort C. F. Smith ⓘ

Fort Reno → successorFortNearby → Fort C. F. Smith ⓘ