Publication: National Park Service Asset Detail
Author: Nebraska State Historical Society
Date of Publication: 1971
PDF File: 4bfc968d-5097-40eb-91bf-e96a67994f38.pdf
URL: https://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/4bfc968d-5097-40eb-91bf-e96a67994f38/
Description
The nominated district is located about a half mile south of the Platte River and encloses an area of about 80 acres – – or only a small fraction of the TOO square mile Fort Kearny Military Reservation as established in 1848. The old east-west route of the Oregon Trail, no longer visible in this locality was situated directly north of this district. This district is believed to circumscribe the sites of all major structures erected at Fort Kearny between 1848 and 1871. Based on extensive archival and archeological research, an enclosed map of this district shows the approximate location of these structural sites. No buildings of the 1848-71 period – – nor even ruins of these former buildings – – survive today.