Name: Fort D. A. Russell
County: Laramie
Authority Name: Fort D. A. Russell (Wyo.)
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Feature Type: Locale, Fort
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Established by the Government in 1867 and named for General David A. Russell, killed in the Civil War.
Source: Annals 14(3)
Other Names: Fort Russell, Fort David A. Russell, Fort Warren, Fort F. E. Warren, Fort Francis E. Warren, Francis E. Warren Air Force Base
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Fort Russell Post Office was established in April, 1883 and discontinued in January, 1884. It was re-established in January, 1888 and the name changed to Fort Warren in January, 1930.
Source: Wyoming Post Offices
This reservation is situated adjacent to the city of Cheyenne, in Laramie County. Exclusive of the lands reserved for the protection of the water supply of the post, and of the wood reserve, which is included in the Fort D. A. Russell Target and Maneuver Reservation, it contains an area of about 5,385 acres. The lands reserved for the protection of the water supply of the post are situated about 20 miles west of the post reservation, between it and the Fort D. A. Russell Target and Maneuver Reservation.
By Executive order dated June 28, 1869, a reservation of 4,512 acres was set apart for military purposes. This area was reduced May 23, 1898, by the transfer to the State of Wyoming of 160 acres for the use of the State Agricultural and Industrial Exposition, under authority of act of Congress approved March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 946).
of the water supply of the post, and of the wood reserve, which is included in the Fort D. A. Kussell Target and Maneuver Reservation, it contains an area of about 5,385 acres* The lands reserved for the protection of the water supply of the post are situated about 20 miles west of the post reservation, between it and the Fort D. A. Russell Target and Maneuver Reservation.
Title.—By Executive order dated June 28, 1869, a reservation of 4,512 acres was set apart for military purposes. This area was reduced May 23, 1898, by the transfer to the State of Wyoming of 160 acres for the use of the State Agricultural and Industrial Exposition, under authority of act of Congress approved March 2, 1895 (28 Stat., 946).
Source: US Military Reservations, 1916
A military post in Laramie County, 3 miles west of Cheyenne. No business.
Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1910-11
Postoffice and military post in laramie County on the Colorado and Southern Railway, 3 miles northwest of Cheyenne, the county seat and banking point. Third largest army poist in the United States. No business. Population about 6,000. Altitude 6,500 feet.
Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922
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F.E. Warren AFB Intercontinental Ballistic Missile and Heritage Museum
http://www.warrenmuseum.com/
Holland, Stephen L. From Mules to Missiles: A History of Francis E. Warren Air Force Base and Its Predecessors, Fort David A. Russell and Fort Francis E. Warren. United States Dept. of the Air Force, 1987.
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