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Fort C. F. Smith
🇺🇸 United States · 19th century
Fort C. F. Smith was a military post established in the Powder River country by the United States Army in the southern portion of the Montana Territory on August 12, 1866, during Red Cloud's War. Established by order of Col. Henry B. Carrington, it was one of five forts proposed to protect the Bozeman Trail against the Oglala Lakota (Sioux), who saw the trail as a violation of the earlier 1851 Treaty of Fort Laramie. The fort was abandoned two years later in 1868 and burned by the returning Sioux under Red Cloud.
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Fort C. F. Smith ranks #5,171 of 8,134 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #93 of the 103 mapped in United States. Founded 1866, it is older than 7% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 607 atlas entries founded in the 19th century. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.
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Where is Fort C. F. Smith?
Fort C. F. Smith stands in the United States, at 45.29972°, -107.91639°.
When was Fort C. F. Smith built?
The atlas dates its founding to 1866. Earlier structures may have stood on the site; this is the earliest documented founding year.
How famous is Fort C. F. Smith?
In this atlas's fame ranking: #5,171 of 8,134 worldwide, and #93 in the United States. Fame here combines how many Wikipedia language editions cover a landmark with how many people read them.
What is the nearest castle to Fort C. F. Smith?
Fort Phil Kearny, about 121 km away.
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