Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site
State Historic Site; National Historic Landmark · Banner, Wyoming
The site of a US Army fort built in 1866 to guard the Bozeman Trail through the hunting grounds of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho, and besieged for two years during Red Cloud's War. Nearby, in December 1866, warriors including Crazy Horse drew Captain William Fetterman's command of 81 men into an ambush and killed them all; the Wagon Box Fight followed in 1867. The Army abandoned the fort under the 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty and it was burned. A partly reconstructed stockade, a visitor centre and trails to both battle sites tell the story. It is a National Historic Landmark. It is a National Historic Landmark.
528 Wagon Box Road, Banner, Wyoming, 82832, United States
Grounds open year-round; visitor centre about May to September. Check wyoparks.wyo.gov.
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