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Fort Reno
Name: Fort Reno
County: Johnson
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Feature Type: Locale
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Named for General Jesse L. Reno, a hero of the Civil War.
Source: Annals 14(3)
Established by Colonel H. B. Carrington in 1866 near Fort Connor. Named for Major General Jesse L. Reno.
Source: Wyoming Guide
Other Names: Camp Reno
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Fort Connor was founded in July 1865 by Major General P. E. Connor, as a temporary supply base for his Powder River expedition. The crude buildings stood on a mesa, rising more than 100 feet above the river and extending to white bluffs five miles west. Fort Connor was garrisoned for only a year. Then Colonel H. B. Carrington chose a more strategic site a mile up the river, near a pure spring, and built Fort Reno (named for Major General Jesse L. Reno), a log stockade with blockhouses and bastions.
Source: Wyoming Guide
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