Day 240 of Year Long Road Trip Along America’s Scenic Byways
Fort Robinson
Another enjoyable day in Nebraska…though most of the interesting sites I’ve seen have been within 100 miles of each other, and I have driven over 600 miles over a few days to see them!
We started out today at Fort Robinson where I camped last night. The campground is the site of one of the most tragic events at the fort, the Cheyenne Outbreak. Forcibly sent to Indian Territory in Oklahoma, a band of Northern Cheyenne, led by Dull Knife, escaped and fled across the plains of Kansas and Nebraska. The 149 men, women, and children were finally captured by troops from the fort in October 1878.
Told they would have to return to the Indian Territory, they tried escaping again on January 9, 1879. The men opened fire on the guards with the few guns they had hidden away as the women and children fled toward the White River. Many of the Cheyenne fell in the battle, one of the last of the Indian War.
ON THE ROAD AGAIN!