Fort Hartsuff

        On September 5, 1874 "Post on the North Fork of the Loup River" was established, the North Loop Valley area had provided a route for the Sioux raids on the Pawnee. In 1874 the settlers requested military protection. This is why the post was originally built on the Loup River. One month later the post was renamed Fort Hartsuff in honor of Major General George L. Hartsuff. The fort was the center of social life. They distributed supplies for the valley and helped people survive the drought and the grasshopper invasions. In 1876 the fort had its first major military battle, Battle of the Blow Out. A group of Sioux had came in contact with troops in commanded by Lieutenant Heyl. On May first 1881 the fort was abandoned. 
        General George Lucas Hartsuff had been a General for Ohio and a Chief of Staff  in Virginia before becoming a major general. His job was to command all Union forces on the Bermuda Hundred. But before that Hartsuff had been put in charge of the 4th U.S Artillery in Texas where he fell sick with Yellow Fever. After he recovered he was sent to Fort Myers Florida to send troops into the Seminole territory. During this trip he got shot in the chest. The bullet was never removed so he lived with it. This is only one example of one of his many adventures in his life, he conducted many. He also got sick or injured many times and recovered. When he retired he died from Pneumonia.

One of their daily reenactments

Man reading a historical marker