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Historically Speaking: First fully-garrisoned Fort on the Santa Fe Trail, Fort Atkinson - Dodge City Daily Globe

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The military established a temporary post near the Cimarron Crossing of the Santa Fe Trail in July, 1850. The temporary fort was abandoned in September, 1850 and the new fort built of sod was known as the New Post. The most important event in the history of Fort Atkinson occurred in July 1853 when it became the site of a treaty signed between the United States and the Comanche, Kiowa, and Apache tribes.

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Dodge City Daily Globe - Dodge City, KS

Historically Speaking: First fully-garrisoned Fort on the Santa Fe Trail, Fort Atkinson - Dodge City Daily Globe

Keith WondraBoot Hill Museum Curator Due to increased American Indian raids on the Santa Fe Trail the military established a temporary post near the Cimarron Crossing of the Santa Fe Trail in July, 1850. It was named Camp Mackay in honor of Colonel E. A. Mackay of the quartermaster department. Lieutenant Colonel Edwin Vose Sumner of the First Dragoons took over command at Camp Mackay in late August, 1850. His main task was to find a permanent …

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