Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Fort Riley, Baxter Springs, Kansas, Kansas Forts and Posts, Fort Leavenworth, Fort Scott National Historic Site, Fort Harker, Fort Hays, Cimarron Redoubt, Fort Row, Aubry's Post, Camp Ben Butler, Camp Hunter, Fort Dodge, Indian Home Guard Camp, Fort Larned National Historic Site, Fort Simple, Fort Blair, Fort Zarah, Coldwater Grove's Post, Fort Lincoln, Fort Aubrey, Fort Baxter, Chapman's Dugout, Fort Brooks, Fort de Cavagnal, Fort Insley, Fort Henning, Camp Defiance, Mount Oread Civil War posts, Burlingame's Fort, Fort Montgomery, Council Grove's Post, Fort Clifton, Fort Ellsworth, Fort Sully, Barnesville's Post, Fort Solomon, Fort Lookout, Fort McKean, Fort Belmont, Fort Lincoln blockhouse, Eggert House, Camp Drywood, Fort Drinkwater, Fort Wallace. Excerpt: Fort Riley is a United States Army installation located in Northeast Kansas, on the Kansas River, between Junction City and Manhattan. The Fort Riley Military Reservation covers 100,656 acres (407 km ) in Geary and Riley counties and includes two census-designated places: Fort Riley North and Fort Riley-Camp Whitside. The fort has a daytime population of nearly 25,000. The zip code is 66442. Fort Riley is named in honor of Major General Bennett C. Riley who led the first military escort along the Santa Fe Trail. The fort was established in 1853 as a military post to protect the movement of people and trade over the Oregon, California, and Santa Fe trails. In the years after the Civil War, Fort Riley served as a major United States Cavalry post and school for cavalry tactics and practice. The post was a base for skirmishes with Native Americans after the Civil War ended in 1865, during which time George Custer was stationed at the fort. Later, Fort Riley became the site of the United States Cavalry School in 1887. The famous all-black 9th and 10th Cavalry Regime...