Cantonment Reno Supplied the 1876 Indian Campaign.

In 1876, armies marched from every direction to confront Native Americans in the Powder River Country, and one command under General George Crook marched three times that year from Fort Fetterman to the Powder River and points north. Cantonment Reno was established in September 1876 at the Bozeman Trail crossing of Powder River to guard a temporary supply depot. Its garrison consisted of detachments of the 4th, 9th, and 23rd Infantry, commanded by Captain Edwin Polluck. After the post was built, soldiers escorted supply trains and patrolled for marauding Indians. By 1878, most Native Americans had been relocated on reservations, and the region was being settled along better water sources by farmers and ranchers. In May 1878, the post was renamed Fort McKinney and relocated to the Clear Fork of the Powder River.

Kaycee, Wyoming · United States