A listing of the 51 sites featured in Forts of the Northern Plains.

To be included, the sites needed to be primarily used for military purposes and have some physical remnant to indicate a fort was once at the site, including ruins or an historical marker. A number of sites were not included simply because there is nothing to indicate where they once stood.

Listings include the name of the fort, its years of operation, their present state and the city nearest to the post. For histories of the forts, as well as directions to the sites, a map of the region, historic and present-day photographs, contact information and other pertinent facts, please pick up a copy of Forts of the Northern Plains.

IOWA
Council Bluffs Blockhouse, 1837 and 1843, historical marker, Council Bluffs
Fort Croghan, 1842-1843, historical marker, Council Bluffs
Fort Defiance, 1862-1864, historical markers, Estherville
Fort Des Moines, 1843-1846, historical marker, Des Moines
Fort Dodge, 1850-1853, original building and historical marker, Fort Dodge

MINNESOTA
Fort Ridgely, 1853-1857, original building and reconstruction, Fairfax
Fort Ripley, 1848-1877, ruins (military base), Camp Ripley
Fort Snelling, 1819-1946, original buildings (state park), St. Paul

MONTANA
Fort C. F. Smith, 1866-1868, historical marker, Fort Smith
Fort Custer, 1877-1898, historical marker, Hardin
Fort Keogh, 1876-1924, original buildings, Miles City

NEBRASKA
Fort Atkinson, 1819-1827, reconstruction (state park), Fort Calhoun
Fort Crook, 1894-present, original buildings (military base), Bellevue
Fort Hartsuff, 1874-1881, original buildings (state park), Burwell
Old Fort Kearny, 1847-1848, historical marker, Nebraska City
New Fort Kearny, 1848-1871, reconstructed buildings (state park), Kearney
Fort McPherson, 1863-1880, historical marker and national cemetery, Maxwell
Fort Mitchell, 1864-1868, historical marker, Mitchell
Fort Niobrara, 1880-1906, original building and historical marker (wildlife refuge), Valentine
Fort Omaha, 1868-present, original buildings and historical markers (community college), Omaha
Omaha Quartermaster Depot, 1866-present, original buildings (military base), Omaha
Fort Robinson, 1874-1948, original buildings and historical markers (state park), Crawford
Fort Sidney, 1867-1894, original buildings (museum), Sidney

NORTH DAKOTA
Fort Abercrombie, 1858-1877, reconstruction and original building (state park), Abercrombie
Fort Abraham Lincoln, 1872-1891, reconstructed buildings (state park), Mandan
Fort Buford, 1866-1895, original building and reconstruction (state park), Williston
Fort Ransom, 1867-1872 historical marker and foundations (state park), Fort Ransom
Fort Rice, 1864-1878, historical marker and foundations (state park), Fort Rice
Fort Seward, 1872-1877, historical markers, Jamestown
Fort Stevenson, 1867-1883, reconstruction (museum), Garrison
Fort Totten, 1867-1890, original buildings (state park), Fort Totten
Fort Union, 1828-1867, reconstruction (national park), Williston
Fort Yates, 1874-1903, original building (tribal property), Fort Yates

SOUTH DAKOTA
Fort Brule, 1862-1868, historical marker, Richland
Fort Dakota, 1865-1869, historical marker, Sioux Falls
Fort Meade, 1878-1944, original buildings (museum), Sturgis
Fort Pierre Chouteau, 1832-1857, historical marker, Fort Pierre
Fort Randall, 1856-1892, ruins, interpretive markers (Corps of Engineers site), Pickstown
Fort Sisseton, 1864-1889, original buildings (state park), Lake City
Old Fort Sully, 1863-1866, historical marker (state park), Pierre
New Fort Sully, 1866-1894, historical marker, Onida

WYOMING
Fort Caspar, 1862-1867, reconstruction (museum), Casper
Fort D. A. Russell, 1867-present, original buildings (museum), Cheyenne
Fort Fetterman, 1867-1882, original buildings (state park), Douglas
Fort Fred Steele, 1868-1886, original buildings and ruins (state park), Rawlins
Fort Halleck, 1862-1866, original building and historical marker (private), Elk Mountain
Fort Laramie, 1834-1890, original buildings (national park), Fort Laramie
Fort McKinney, 1878-1894, original buildings (veterans home), Buffalo
Fort Phil Kearny, 1866-1868, reconstruction (state park), Banner
Fort Reno, 1865-1868, historical marker, Sussex
Fort Sanders, 1866-1882, ruins and historical marker, Laramie