Enlisted Barracks, Fort Gibson, Fort Gibson, OK
**Fort Gibson** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 66000631, date listed 10/15/1966
Lee and Ash Sts.
Fort Gibson, OK (Muskogee County)
A National Historic Landmark (www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/list-of-nh...).
Established in 1824 by General Matthew Arbuckle, Fort Gibson, during the 1820's and 1830's was one of the most important military posts on the southwestern frontier. It was garrisoned by troops whose mission was to serve the needs of the Indians who had been removed from the East and to protect them from the violent Plains Tribes.
Fort Gibson, a United States military post named in honor of Colonel George Gibson, was located on the left (east) bank of the Neosha or Grand River, approximately 2 1/2 miles from its confluence with the Arkansas.
On the 21st of April 1824, two flatboats ascended the Grand River manned by young men of the US Army. As they worked the boats up the river they scanned the shore for a landing place. Near the mouth of the river they discovered a wide ledge of shelving rock on the east bank which made a natural boat landing.
Upon arriving at this site the troops of the 7th Infantry were soon engaged in clearing sufficient space in which to set up their camp. Thus began the months of labor necessary to remove the cane vines, brush, and brambles from an area large enough for an army post. (1)
The second fort contained the two-story barracks, built of yellow sandstone, five sets of officers' quarters, of which the commanding officer's quarters had 13 rooms and an English basement; the other quarters were simple duplexes of frame with stone foundations, the one-story stone storehouse, the stone commissary-store and the wooden square-shaped guard house. In 1871 a new hospital was erected. Constructed of pine, it consisted of an administration building and a ward constructed as a wing on the building's north side. (pg 2) (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...
Enlisted Barracks, Fort Gibson, Fort Gibson, OK
**Fort Gibson** - National Register of Historic Places Ref # 66000631, date listed 10/15/1966
Lee and Ash Sts.
Fort Gibson, OK (Muskogee County)
A National Historic Landmark (www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/list-of-nh...).
Established in 1824 by General Matthew Arbuckle, Fort Gibson, during the 1820's and 1830's was one of the most important military posts on the southwestern frontier. It was garrisoned by troops whose mission was to serve the needs of the Indians who had been removed from the East and to protect them from the violent Plains Tribes.
Fort Gibson, a United States military post named in honor of Colonel George Gibson, was located on the left (east) bank of the Neosha or Grand River, approximately 2 1/2 miles from its confluence with the Arkansas.
On the 21st of April 1824, two flatboats ascended the Grand River manned by young men of the US Army. As they worked the boats up the river they scanned the shore for a landing place. Near the mouth of the river they discovered a wide ledge of shelving rock on the east bank which made a natural boat landing.
Upon arriving at this site the troops of the 7th Infantry were soon engaged in clearing sufficient space in which to set up their camp. Thus began the months of labor necessary to remove the cane vines, brush, and brambles from an area large enough for an army post. (1)
The second fort contained the two-story barracks, built of yellow sandstone, five sets of officers' quarters, of which the commanding officer's quarters had 13 rooms and an English basement; the other quarters were simple duplexes of frame with stone foundations, the one-story stone storehouse, the stone commissary-store and the wooden square-shaped guard house. In 1871 a new hospital was erected. Constructed of pine, it consisted of an administration building and a ward constructed as a wing on the building's north side. (pg 2) (1)
References (1) NRHP Nomination Form s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg...