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Fort Wallace

US cavalry fort in Kansas

Field	Value
name	Fort Wallace
location	near Wallace, Kansas
image	Officers at Fort Wallace.jpg
caption	Officers at Fort Wallace in 1867, including Theophilus H. Turner, who discovered Elasmosaurus in the area the same year, second from the left
map_type	USA Kansas#USA
map_caption	Location in Kansas
type	Military base
coordinates
built	1865
builder	U.S. Army
used	1865-1882
demolished	1886
condition	Dismantled
controlledby	United States
garrison	2nd Cavalry Regiment
5th Infantry Regiment
6th Infantry Regiment
7th Cavalry Regiment
9th Cavalry Regiment
occupants	George Custer
George Forsyth

5th Infantry Regiment 6th Infantry Regiment 7th Cavalry Regiment 9th Cavalry Regiment George Forsyth

Fort Wallace ( 1865–1882) was a US Cavalry fort built in Wallace County, Kansas to help defend settlers against Cheyenne and Sioux raids and protect the stages. It is located on Pond Creek, and it was named after General W. H. L. Wallace. There were accommodations for 500 men and the troops were scattered between Fort Hays and Fort Denver.

All that remains today is the cemetery, but for a period of over a decade Fort Wallace was one of the most important military outposts on the frontier.

Fort Wallace Museum

Today, Fort Wallace is represented by a privately operated museum nearby in the town of Wallace, with relics from the fort as well as photos, reproduction items, and literature covering the post's history and the settlement of the Great Plains. A casting of the plesiosaur Elasmosaurus discovered by Turner and Scout William Comstock is also on display. Facades of some of the buildings from Fort Wallace and from the Old Town of Wallace are featured in the Milford Becker Addition opened in 2017.

Location

The old Fort Wallace cemetery still exists, and is located next to the Wallace Township Cemetery at .

References

(22 June 1867). "INDIAN DEPREDATIONS.; Attack on Fort Wallace, Kansas--The Indians Repulsed with a Loss of 20 Killed. Railroad Engineers Attacked--One White Mlan and Several Indians Killed.". [[NY Times]].
"Fort Wallace, Kansas Cemetery". Santa Fe Trail Research.

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