The history of Fort Robinson, Nebraska is much more than a record of battles. The post was a community whose residentsofficers with their wives and children, married enlisted men and their families, and the single men in the barracks - lived in close physical proximity but under substantially different conditions. Divided by military rank and traditions and sometimes by race, those parts of the community had their own social lives and problems as well as different relations with the nearby town of Crawford.

Includes maps of: [Forts and Reservations in the Wyoming - South Dakota - Nebraska Area]; [Nebraska, 1876]; [Confluence of Soldiers Creek and White River]; Proposed Reservation for Wood and Timber for Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Black Soldiers' Stories.

pt. I. Military Operations. 1. The Sioux Wars, 1874-1878. 2. Cheyenne Autumn to Ghost Dance Winter, 1878-1891. 3. Years of Transition, 1892-1916 -- pt. II. The Military Community. 4. Officers and Their Families. 5. Enlisted Men and Their Families. 6. In the Barracks. 7. Race and Rank in the Ninth Cavalry: The Stance and McKay Affairs. 8. Entertainment. 9. Schools and Libraries. 10. Religion, The Chaplaincy, and The Court Martial of Chaplain Henry V. Plummer. 11. Medical Problems and Services -- pt. III. The Civilian Community. 12. Veterans in Northwestern Nebraska. 13. The Military Impact on the Civilian Community -- Epilogue. Fort Robinson After 1916.