Volume 6 , Issue 2

Fort Reno (Oklahoma)...

Fort Reno (Oklahoma) has a website with a lot of history and information. If you visit the Fort Reno Visitor Center, you can also pick up some free pamphlets and purchase a small booklet for $5 - The Buildings At Historic Fort Reno. the literature says that Fort Reno was a military camp in 1874 and was established as a military post in 1875 with construction of permanent buildings began in 1876. The Fort and Darlington Agency served the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians across the Candian River. Together they preserved the peace and directed the orderly transition of that part of Indian Territory from reservation to individual farms and ranches. Troops from Fort Reno supervised the first Great Land Run of 1889 that opened the Unassigned lands for settlement.

Did you know that the Buffalo Soldiers of Fort Reno (Companies of the 9th & 10th U.S. Cavalry) were made up of Six black regiments, two of cavalry and four of infantry, and were authorized by congress in 1866 and stationed at Fort Reno. The name was given by the Indians to the black regiments for the color and texture of hair between the horns of the buffalo. The Buffalo Soldiers had the reputation for effective, consistent fighting against the lawless whites, Mexicans and Indians. There is a Fort Reno Post Cemetery where some of the Buffalo Soldiers are buried. Along with the white troops stationed at Fort Reno, the Buffalo Soldiers played an important role in ejecting Boomers from Indian Territory and preventing Sooners from entering the territory prior to the land rush.   |  View or Add Comments (0 Comments)   |   Receive updates ( subscribers)  |   Unsubscribe

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