Twin storehouses, each 130 feet by 30 feet, and a bakery were the first stone buildings completed at Fort Dodge in 1867. The second storehouse stood a few yards to the east, and the north ends of each building were partitioned for offices for post headquarters and the quartermaster. A bakery several yards behind had two ovens and could bake 500 rations of bread each day. The frame structure two doors to the right was the original dead house and had been moved from north of the hospital to its present location. Major Henry Douglas, in command, and Lieutenant George A. Hesselberger, quartermaster, were severely reprimanded by General R. B. Marcy for reckless extravagance in constructing buildings grand enough "for the national capitol." Fort Dodge was a pivotal fort during the Indian campaigns of 1868-69 and 1874-75. The Wet and Dry Routes of the Santa Fe Trail met there, the Fort Hays-Fort Dodge Trail ended there, and the Fort Dodge-Fort Supply Trail began there. Millions of pounds of armaments and supplies were shipped south in trains of as many as 270 wagons, and Fort Dodge was considered the most important of all the forts along the Santa Fe Trail, in the heart of Indian country.