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Fort Arbuckle Site (Sand Springs, Oklahoma)
Fort Arbuckle may refer to: * Fort Arbuckle (Oklahoma) in Garvin County, Oklahoma * Fort Arbuckle (Florida) *Old Fort Arbuckle Tulsa County is located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2020 census, the population was 669,279, making it the second-most populous county in Oklahoma, behind only Oklahoma County. Its county seat and largest city is Tulsa, the second ...
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Fort Arbuckle (Oklahoma)
Fort Arbuckle was constructed by the US Army in 1850 to counter raids by Plains Indian tribes on immigrant trains heading west to California and on the settlements of Choctaw and Chickasaw nations in Indian Territory. Captain Randolph B. Marcy was assigned to select the site and oversee construction of the fort, named to honor the recently deceased General Matthew Arbuckle. The site was inside the boundary of the Chickasaw Nation and on the bank of the Washita River, west and north of the present town of Davis, Oklahoma. The overall size of the post was originally by , allowing enough room for friendly tribes to camp under the protection of the post. Marcy and his men constructed a rectangular fort, with barracks on opposite sides and the quartermaster and commissary facilities at opposite ends. Eventually the fort consisted of thirty buildings constructed of hewn logs, with stone chimneys. Major William H. Emory of the First Cavalry was appointed commander of both Fort ...
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Fort Arbuckle (Florida)
Fort Arbuckle was a fort in Florida. Built in 1850, it was "part of the ring of civilian and military posts created to protect settlers in the interior of southwest Florida." The fort was named after Brig. Gen. Matthew Arbuckle, an Oklahoma fort commander. During the removal of the native Seminoles, 60 men, women, and children were brought to the fort and put on the steamer ''Fashion'' to be sent to New Orleans New Orleans ( , ,New Orleans