Kearney County NeArchives News.....Old Fort Kearny March 1918
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Nebraska History And Record Of Pioneer Days, Vol. 1, March, 1918 March 1918
OLD FORT KEARNY
Col. Kearny, with one hundred and fifty dragoons, were taken on board the 
steamer Amaranth, at Fort Leavenworth, on her last trip up, and proceeded to 
Fort Kearny, on Table Creek, a new fort established about fifteen miles below 
Council Bluffs. Above Weston, on her way up, the boat struck a snag, which 
carried away the guard under the cook house, and the whole of its contents were 
lost in the river; which accident caused a great deal of inconvenience, as the
cooking for the whole company on board had to be done with a small stove on the 
after deck.

Col. Kearny returned on the Amaranth to Fort Leavenworth, where he first heard 
of the orders of the President for the expedition to New Mexico. The dragoons 
which Col. Kearny took up with him were left at the site of the new fort.  
General Brooke, commander of this division, went up to the site of the new fort, 
on the Amaranth, and returned to the city yesterday evening. We are unable to 
learn at what time Col. Kearny will move on the expedition to which he has been 
ordered by the Government. ALBERT WATKINS

Additional Comments:
Source: Nebraska History and Record of Pioneer Days, Nebraska State Historical 
Society, ed. A. E. Sheldon, the Nebraska State Historical Society and 
Legislative Reference Bureau, Vol. 1, Mar., 1918, p. 2


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