Ranger Sarah scans Fort Kearny from the corner of East Fort or Fort Mitchel (the stockade at Fort Kearny). Fort Kearny was never under attack and the stockade was mostly used to corral livestock at night.
— at Fort Kearny State Historical Park.

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Ranger Sarah walks towards the Fort Kearny Stockade called Fort Mitchel or East Fort. In response to Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes attacking stagecoaches and settlements along the Oregon Trail, in August 1864 construction of a stockade to the east of the parade grounds began. Earthworks were developed 3 or 4 feet high and a stockade of split ash logs, set in the ground and extending up about 7 feet, was built.

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Ranger Sarah at the selfie station at Fort Kearny State Historical Park. This is a 24 lb Iron Garrison Howitzer cannon, Model 1844, manufactured by Cyrus Alger & Co. in Boston, Massachusetts in 1847 sits in the center of the parade grounds at Fort Kearny State Historical Park

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Ranger Sarah at the Memorial honoring the soldiers and pioneers of Fort Kearney. Fort Kearney State Historical Park in Nebraska.

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Ranger Sarah at the Memorial to veterans of the Civil War at Fort Kearney State Historic Park in Nebraska.

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Ranger Sarah stands with the ammunition boxes in the Fort Kearny Powder Magazine
— at Fort Kearny State Historical Park.

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Ranger Sarah stands next to the 24 pound Howitzer Cannon Balls. Hanging on the wall are the tool for the Howitzer Cannon.
— at Fort Kearny State Historical Park.

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