Fort Kearny

E291243

United States Army post military fort

Fort Kearny was a 19th-century U.S. Army outpost in Nebraska that served as a key way station and protection point for pioneers traveling west along the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Kearny canonical	2
Fort Kearny State Historical Park	2
Fort Kearny State Recreation Area	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Army post ⓘ military fort ⓘ
abandoned	1871 ⓘ
activeDuring	19th century ⓘ
associatedWith	California Trail ⓘ Mormon Trail ⓘ Oregon Trail ⓘ Pony Express route ⓘ
constructed	1848 ⓘ
coordinates	approximately 40.65°N 99.01°W ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
currentUse	state historic park ⓘ
designatedAs	Fort Kearny self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fort Kearny State Historical Park
established	1848 ⓘ
garrisonType	cavalry ⓘ infantry ⓘ
hasMuseumExhibits	pioneer life and overland trails ⓘ
hasReconstruction	adobe buildings ⓘ stockade ⓘ
hasVisitorCenter	true ⓘ
historicalEra	Old West ⓘ surface form: American Old West United States territorial expansion ⓘ surface form: Westward expansion of the United States
involvedIn	Plains Indian Wars ⓘ surface form: Indian Wars on the Great Plains
locatedIn	Buffalo County, Nebraska ⓘ Nebraska ⓘ
locatedNear	Kearney, Nebraska ⓘ
locatedOn	south bank of the Platte River ⓘ
material	adobe ⓘ wood ⓘ
namedAfter	Stephen W. Kearny ⓘ
nearbyFeature	Fort Kearny self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Fort Kearny State Recreation Area
openToPublic	true ⓘ
operatedBy	United States Army ⓘ
ownedBy	Nebraska ⓘ surface form: State of Nebraska
partOf	U.S. frontier defense system ⓘ
purpose	protection of overland emigrant trails ⓘ way station for westward migrants ⓘ
region	Great Plains ⓘ
servedAs	way station on the California Trail ⓘ way station on the Mormon Trail ⓘ way station on the Oregon Trail ⓘ
status	decommissioned ⓘ
tourism	heritage tourism site ⓘ
usedFor	mail and communication station ⓘ protection of pioneers traveling west ⓘ resupply point for wagon trains ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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

Stephen W. Kearny → namedAfter → Fort Kearny ⓘ

Kearney, Nebraska → namedAfter → Fort Kearny ⓘ

Kearney, Nebraska → hasAttraction → Fort Kearny ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Kearny State Historical Park

Fort Kearny → designatedAs → Fort Kearny self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Kearny State Historical Park

Fort Kearny → nearbyFeature → Fort Kearny self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fort Kearny State Recreation Area