Qualla: Fort Fetterman https://qualla.com/fort-fetterman en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Fort Fetterman https://qualla.com/fort-fetterman Fort Fetterman: Introduction https://qualla.com/fort-fetterman/ Soldiers deserted Fort Fetterman at an alarming rate. The winters were brutal, the soil refused to grow vegetables, and every drop of water had to be hauled up steep bluffs from the North Platte River far below. The post was so remote that supplies arrived by wagon from Fort Laramie, 90 miles to the southeast, or from Medicine Bow Station on the distant railroad. Yet this miserable posting on the bluffs above the Platte became the most important staging ground of the Great Sioux War, launching three major expeditions in a single year that would reshape the American West.

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/s/g/fort-fetterman-wp/9xsg-fort-fetterman-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Fort Fetterman: Named for the Dead https://qualla.com/fort-fetterman/ The fort took its name from Captain William J. Fetterman, killed on December 21, 1866, near Fort Phil Kearny. Fetterman had reportedly boasted that with 80 men he could ride through the entire Sioux nation. He died with exactly 80 soldiers in what the Lakota called the Battle of ...

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/s/g/fort-fetterman-wp/9xsg-fort-fetterman-named-for-the-dead.mp3 0:06 2 full Fort Fetterman: A Post Nobody Wanted https://qualla.com/fort-fetterman/ Fort Fetterman contained quarters for 300 enlisted men, a hospital with 15 beds, stables for 50 horses, and a corral for 56 mule-drawn wagons. It had a theatre, an ice-house, a granary, a bake-house, and a steam engine for pumping water. None of these amenities made the posting b...

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/s/g/fort-fetterman-wp/9xsg-fort-fetterman-a-post-nobody-wanted.mp3 0:06 3 full Fort Fetterman: 1876: The Year of Three Expeditions https://qualla.com/fort-fetterman/ In 1876, the monotony of garrison life at Fetterman broke violently. The Great Sioux War brought the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho into open conflict with the United States, and Fort Fetterman became the staging point for the Army's response. In March, the Big Horn Expedition und...

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]]> Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/x/s/g/fort-fetterman-wp/9xsg-fort-fetterman-1876-the-year-of-three-expeditions.mp3 0:06 4 full Fort Fetterman: Fetterman City and Abandonment https://qualla.com/fort-fetterman/ The Indian Wars subsided, and so did Fort Fetterman's purpose. The Army abandoned the post in 1882. Charles Henry King and others established Fetterman City around the empty buildings, outfitting ranchers and wagon trains. But when Douglas, Wyoming, was founded 11 miles away in 1...

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