Abstract

“Amateurs study strategy; professionals study logistics” is a maxim often attributed to the late General Omar Bradley. Getting supplies to soldiers has been proven to be a challenge throughout history.

Keywords:

• Ft. Riley,
• Fort Riley,
• Junction City,
• westward,
• west,
• Fort Leavenworth,
• military,
• army,
• defense,
• Sante Fe,
• Pacific Coast,
• Smoky Hill River,
• Kaw River,
• Kansas,
• expansion,
• plains,
• prairie,
• grassland,
• river,
• navigation,
• exploration,
• civillians,
• railroad,
• Union,
• Kansas Pacific Railway,
• Manhattan,
• supply,
• logistics,
• Mounted Branch School,
• war,
• agricultural,
• agriculture,
• William T. Sherman,
• farming,
• farm,
• threshing,
• Dixon Stockyards,
• ranch,
• ranching,
• cows,
• cowboy,
• Secretary of War,
• Davis County,
• building,
• construction