Fort Mc Kinney
Other Names:
Dates used: 1876 - 1894
Location of Fort: Buffalo, WY
Use: Military
GPS
N: 44-19.955
W: 106-44.323
Established in 1876 on the Powder River near old Fort Reno and originally called Cantonment Reno. It was moved to a site on Clear Creek and renamed. The pose became the State Soldiers and Sailors Home in 1905.
For more information see:
American Forts Network (internet)
Encyclopedia of Historic Forts
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