Fort Laramie and the Great Sioux War

by Paul L. Hedren

Book Overview

Founded in 1834 on the high plains of present-day eastern Wyoming. Fort Laramie evolved into an organizational hub and chief supply center for the U.S. Army in its campaigns against the Sioux and Cheyenne Indians. Fort Laramie and the Great Sioux War focuses on a crucial year in the history of the fort, 1876. That was the year of General George Crook's Big Horn; the Black Hills gold rush; and chaos at the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Indian agencies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806130490
• ISBN13: 9780806130491
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.6"