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- The name commemorates Bvt. Maj. Gen. Stephen Watts Kearny, who served in the War of 1812 and the Mexican War. In 1825 he traveled from Fort Atkinson in Nebraska on an expedition to make treaties with Indian tribes on the upper Missouri River. Kearny also led an important military expedition along the Oregon and Santa Fe trails in 1845.
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The practice of the military's escorting settlers' wagon trains would become official government policy in succeeding decades. To protect the travelers, Kearny established a new post along Table Creek near present-day Nebraska City, Nebraska. The outpost was named Fort Kearny.
Named after Col. Stephen W. Kearny, the fort acted as a protection hub for emigrants traveling the Oregon Trail. Over time, the presence of the fort stimulated economic and social activity in the area.
Fort Kearny was a historic outpost of the United States Army founded in 1848 in the Western United States during the middle and late 19th century. The fort was named after Colonel and later General Stephen Watts Kearny. [1] The outpost was located along the Oregon Trail near Kearney, Nebraska.
- Kearney was named after Colonel Stephen Watts Kearny.
- The original settlement in the area was called Dobytown, situated 2miles southeast of present-day Kearney, Dobytown was later moved and renamed after the nearby Fort Kearny.
- The city has a total area of 13.00 square miles, of which 12.77 square miles is land and 0.23 square miles is water.
- The city was founded in 1871 at the junction of the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad and the Union Pacific Railroad.
The U.S. Secretary of War recommended that a chain of posts be built from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains to protect the Oregon migration. Col. Stephen Watts Kearny was ordered to construct a new fort and he chose a site on Table Creek, now Nebraska City. It would be named Fort Kearny.
The word “Kearney” was taken from Fort Kearny. The fort was named after Colonel Stephen Watts Kearny. Established in 1848, Fort Kearny offered protection to thousands of pioneers, Pony Express riders, and prospectors traveling west on the Oregon Trail.
