Throwback Thursday Photo, Santa's Helpers from Fort Robinson, Christmas 1946
Throwback Thursday Photo, WAC Gladys Welch
Buffalo Soldiers Photographs
Marker Monday: The Flight of the Cheyennes
Welcome to Marker Monday! Each Monday we will feature one of Nebraska’s hundreds of historical markers. If you’d like to see a specific marker featured, send an email to kylie.kinley@nebraska.gov.
Timeline Tuesday: Christmas at Fort Robinson, 1882
Fort Robinson Christmas party. RG1517-85-1
Variety of Enclosed Forts on the Northern Plains
Perhaps the most common question asked of staff at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, is “Where’s the fort?” Visitors who are only familiar with Hollywood depictions of forts are often surprised to discover that typical forts on the northern plains had no walls. But historian Thomas Buecker discovered that Hollywood wasn't all wrong – some forts were enclosed. In the Spring 2014 issue of Nebraska History, Buecker categorizes enclosed northern plains forts into five types.
Buffalo Soldiers at Fort Robinson, Nebraska
In the racially segregated military that followed the Civil War, one of the first Cavalry regiments for black soldiers was headquartered in Nebraska for more than a decade. These soldiers played a notable role in social and military changes of the late 1800s. In the Spring 2014 issue of Nebraska History, Brian Shellum tells the story of the Ninth Cavalry Regiment, which fought discrimination as well as Indians on the Great Plains.
New Archeology at Fort Robinson
Visitors to Fort Robinson State Park (near Nebraska’s northwest corner) see many original
An Artist’s View of the Fort Robinson Prisoner of War Camp
During World War II there were 126 Prisoner of War (PW) camps in the United States. Fort Robinson, Nebraska had one of these camps.
