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Fort Wallace
US cavalry fort in Kansas
Fort Wallace (c. 1865–1882) was a US Cavalry fort built in Wallace County, Kansas to help defend settlers against Cheyenne and Sioux raids and protect the stages. It is located on Pond Creek, and it was named after General W. H. L. Wallace. There were accommodations for 500 men and the troops were scattered between Fort Hays and Fort Denver.[1]
All that remains today is the cemetery, but for a period of over a decade Fort Wallace was one of the most important military outposts on the frontier.