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Fort Robinson State Park

park, Nebraska, United States
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Fort Robinson State Park is located near Crawford in northwestern Nebraska. Established in 1874, it was one of the major U.S. Army outposts west of the Missouri River in the latter half of the 19th century. The park is situated in the Nebraska panhandle, an area historically inhabited by Sioux Indians before the arrival of cattle ranchers in the 1870s. The park is part of the Oglala National Grassland, and nearby attractions include the Museum of the Fur Trade and Agate Fossil Beds National Monument. Chadron State Park is located to the south in the Pine Ridge Division of the Nebraska National Forest.1

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  1. Nebraska - Statehood and growth
  2. Nebraska - Early history
  3. Kearney
  4. Chadron

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