![]() ![]() All of the buildings, so far, west of Columbus, had been covered with clay roofs. ![]() There was a tough collection of frontier habitations just on the west edge of the reservation this place, called Dobytown, was two miles west of the Fort. It was situated south of the river, and somewhat east from the crossing of the Platte, so that the trains going west, and crossing the river, would not come past the post, but would cross above and west of it. It was said to have been established in 1848. Fort Kearney - Dobytown - Shooting Telegraph Poles - Quartermaster Stores - Commissary Stores - Post Buildings - The Chimney Register - Post Garden - The Buffer Strip - Greyhounds - To Start a Frontier Post - Supplies - The Buffalo Hunt - The Poker Game - The StartįORT KEARNEY at that time was an old frontier post. 4, from The Indian War of 1864, by Eugene WareĬhapter IV. ![]()
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