Name: Cantonment Reno

 

County: Johnson

 

Authority Name: Cantonment Reno (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1061413W

Latitude: 434938N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 4278/1304

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Locale

 

Origin of Name:

Named for General Jesse L. Reno, a hero of the Civil War.

Source: Annals 14(3) 

 

Other Names: Fort Reno, Fort McKinney, Powder River Crossing

 

Alternative Spellings:

 

History:

Established on October 12, 1876, three miles north from the abandoned Fort Reno. Name later changed to Fort McKinney.

Source: WPA

 

General Crook, in preparation for a long campaign, after his advance had been stopped by Crazy Horse at the Rosebud in 1876, ordered a series of supply depots established between his camp on Goose Creek and the base at Fort Fetterman. Cantonment Reno, three miles north of abandoned Fort Reno, was one of these. In the spring of 1877, the cantonment was moved from Powder River to Clear Creek and renamed Fort McKinney. 

Source: Wyoming Guide 

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Fort Reno

 

Newspapers:

 

Bibliography: 

State Historic Site

http://www.wyomingheritage.org/cantonmentReno.html

 

Pictures:

 

 

 


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