Fort Sill - Main Post

USA / Oklahoma / Medicine Park /
 military, place with historical importance, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
Fort Sill Army Post. Fort Sill remains the only active Army installation of all the forts on the South Plains built during the Indian Wars. It is designated as a national historic landmark.

sill-www.army.mil/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ft._Sill
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Coordinates:   34°42'8"N   98°31'9"W

Comments

  • Went to Basic there in Jan of 04, cold.
  • In 1894 Geronimo and 341 other Apache prisoners of war were brought to Fort Sill where they lived in villages on the range. Geronimo was granted permission to travel for a while with Pawnee Bill's Wild West Show and he visited President Theodore Roosevelt before dying here of pneumonia in 1909. The rest of the Apaches remained on Fort Sill until 1913 and they were taught by Lt. Hugh L. Scott to build houses, raise crops and herd cattle. Scott also commanded troop L of the 7th Cavalry, a unit comprised entirely of Indians and considered one of the best in the west. Indian scout I-See-O and other members of the troop are credited with helping tribes on the South Plains to Avert the Bloody Ghost Dance uprising of the 1890s in which many died on the North Plains.
  • Shortly before compleating basic, we marched out to the cemetary and got to see Geronimo's grave.
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