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Description of Fort Zarah written by Carl Julius Adolph Hunnius in 1914. Fort Zarah was an active military fort in Great Bend, Kansas, from 1864-1869, and Hunnius had been to the fort while serving with Major General Winfield Scott Hancock during the Indian pacification campaign of 1867. Hunnius's descriptions of Fort Zarah provide the sizes of the buildings located at the fort, and includes a drawing of the fort.
Creator: Hunnius, Ado, 1842-1923
Date: 1914
Item Number: 220128
Call Number: Carl Julius Adolph Hunnius Coll. #397, Box 4, Folder: stories and essays - No. 5-9.
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 220128
Collections - Manuscript - Hunnius, Carl Julius Adolph
Date - 1910s - 1914
Military - Service - Army
Military - Service - National Guard - 18th Kansas Cavalry
Military - Wars - Indian Wars
Military - Wars - Indian Wars - K Company, 37th U.S. Infantry
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Manuscript
People - American Indians - Tribes - Comanche
People - American Indians - Tribes - Kiowa
People - Notable Kansans - Hunnius, Carl Julius Adolph
People - Notable People - Hancock, Winfield Scott
Places - Cities and towns - Great Bend
Places - Cities and towns - Hays City
Places - Counties - Barton
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Dodge
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Harker
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Larned
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Zarah
Places - Rivers - Arkansas
Places - Rivers - Walnut
Type of Material - Unpublished documents - Manuscript
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