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Title: Fort Robinson and the American West, 1874-1899 by Thomas R. Buecker ISBN: 0-8061-3534-4 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Full Exploration of Fort Robinson's Past
Comment: I have read a number of histories of frontier posts over the years and this one exceeds them all. Mr. Buecker provides an immense amount of detail on how Fort Robinson came into being and all that transpired there from 1874-1899. On that count, its past is far more interesting than that of some of the post-Sioux War posts such as Fort Meade or Fort Custer. Camp Robinson (as it was still known in 1877) was the scene for the dramatic and tragic death of Crazy Horse in September of that year. In January, 1879 Fort Robinson played host to another dramatic event as the Cheyenne imprisoned there after taking leave of their Oklahoma reservation attempted to break out and continue their journey to their traditional Montana homeland. The author provides a very good, concise telling of that event.
Beyond that, Mr. Buecker constantly reminds us that for most of the time, normal garrison duty occupied the various companies stationed there over the years. He does a very good job in describing what constituted the way of life for the officers and enlisted men stationed there. In the 1880s, the garrison included the famed Buffalo Soldiers of the Ninth U.S. Cavalry. He also explores the complex relationship that existed between the soldiers and the Lakota of the nearby Red Cloud agency during the early years of Robinson's existance. The relationships were varied and alive (for example, Chief Spotted Tail dined with offices in their quarters), not the one-dimensional, frontier soldiers hating/abusing the Indians as modern myth so often erroneously portrays late 19th century Frontier Military-Indian interaction.
If you are interested in the Sioux Wars, the frontier military, Crazy Horse, the Northern Cheyenne or the Buffalo Soldiers, you should not be disappointed in this book. It should be added that Mr. Buecker was well-prepared to tell the story of Fort Robinson since he serves as the curator of the Fort Robinson Museum in northwest Nebraska. I must also add that both the Museum and the present-day fort (now a state park) are well worth a visit.
Rating: 5
Summary: A close and authoritative look at Fort Robinson
Comment: Fort Robinson And The American West 1874-1899 by Thomas R. Buecker (Curator of the Fort Robinson Museum in Crawford, Nebraska) is a close and authoritative look at Fort Robinson, a place that witnessed many stark and brutal clashes between whites and American Indians, including the Cheyenne Outbreak, the death of Crazy Horse, the Ghost Dance, and the tragedy of Wounded Knee. Historic references, government records, reports, correspondence and other primary sources form the core of this thoughtful, sober, scholarly analysis, which is a welcome contribution to American History shelves, Native American Studies collections, those reading lists dealing with the history of the American Western Frontier.
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Title: We Trailed the Sioux: Enlisted Men Speak on Custer, Crook, and the Great Sioux War by Paul L. Hedren ISBN: 0811700623 Publisher: Stackpole Books Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Encyclopedia of Indian Wars: Western Battles and Skirmishes 1850-1890 by Gregory F. Michno ISBN: 0878424687 Publisher: Mountain Press Publishing Company Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
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Title: Yellowstone Command: Colonel Nelson A. Miles and the Great Sioux War, 1876-1877 by Jerome A. Greene ISBN: 0803270461 Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr Pub. Date: November, 1994 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Sioux (Men-At-Arms Series, 344) by Michael Johnson, Jonathan Smith ISBN: 185532878X Publisher: Osprey Pub Co Pub. Date: September, 2000 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Buffalo Soldiers: A Narrative of the Black Cavalry in the West by William H. Leckie, Shirley A. Leckie ISBN: 0806135239 Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: August, 2003 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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