Indian Territory Frontier Forts Prior to 1902

Arbuckle, Camp, Indian Territory – On Red Fork of Canadian.
Arbuckle, Fort, Indian Territory – On Washita River, in Chickasaw Nation

Blunt, Fort, Indian Territory – Near Fort Gibson.

Canadian River Cantonment on, Indian Territory – Near one-hundredth meridian.
Chickasaw Agency Post at, Indian Territory.
Cobb Fort, Indian Territory – At junction of Pond Creek and Washita River.
Coffee Fort, Indian Territory – At Swallow Rock, on the Arkansas River.

Davis Fort, Indian Territory.

Frank Camp, Indian Territory – At Ardmore.

Gibson, Fort, Indian Territory – Cherokee Nation; now town of that name
Gibson, Fort, Indian Territory – On Grand River.

Holmes Fort, Indian Territory – At Choteau on the Canadian River.

Leavenworth Camp, Indian Territory – Twelve miles west of Washita.

Phoenix Camp, Indian Territory – Subsequently Fort Towson.

Radziminski, Camp, Indian Territory – On Otter Creek.
Russell Camp, Indian Territory – Near Fort Reno.

Towson Fort, Indian Territory – In Choctaw Nation.

Wade Camp, Indian Territory – Near Lisbon.
Wayne Indian Territory – On Illinois River, near Missouri State border.
Washita Fort, Indian Territory – Near False Washita River, 25 miles above its mouth.


Topics:
Forts, History,

Collection:
War Department, Adjutant General's Office, Returns Division. List of Military Posts Etc. Established in the United States from its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time. Washington: Government Printing Office. 1902.

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