Camp Sheridan

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Camp Sheridan and Spotted Tail Indian Agency
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city: Hay Springs, NE
Built/Founded: 1873
Added to NRHP: November 19, 1974
NRHP Reference#: 74001140 [1]
Governing body: Private

Camp Sheridan was established near the Spotted Tail Agency in northwestern Nebraska in March 1874. The garrison was abandoned seven years later in May 1881.


[edit] References

  1. ^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
  • Francis Paul Prucha, A Guide to the Military Posts of the United States, 1789-1895 (Madison: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1964).
  • Thomas R. Buecker, "History of Camp Sheridan, Nebraska," Periodical: Journal of America's Military Past 22 (1995):55-73.