Abstract

The establishment and evolution of Fort Riley from the 1850s through the 21st century.

Keywords:

• Constabulary,
• Plains,
• Fort Riley,
• Ft. Riley,
• beauty,
• Kansas,
• Mexican-American War,
• nature,
• native,
• natural,
• Great Compromise 1850,
• Free-State,
• slavery,
• anti-slavery,
• pro-slavery,
• Bleeding Kansas,
• Calvary Parade Field,
• Kansas River,
• Wakarusa War,
• Shawnee Manual Labor School,
• territory,
• land,
• west,
• development,
• Quantrill,
• Civil War,
• Confederacy,
• Union,
• J.E.B Smart,
• Albert Sidney Johnston,
• Henry Heth,
• Lewis Armistead,
• John Sedgewick,
• Winfield Scott Hancock,
• Nathaniel Lyon,
• service,
• army,
• war,
• military,
• Battle of Wilson's Creek,
• militia,
• guerilla,
• 7th Calvary Regiment,
• George A. Custer,
• Custer,
• Territorial Capital,
• Big Red One,
• 1st Infantry Division