National Register Record for FORT SUPPLY HISTORICAL DISTRICT

Historic Name: FORT SUPPLY HISTORICAL DISTRICT
Current Name: FORT SUPPLY
Address: None
City: FORT SUPPLY            County: WOODWARD
Section: 9           Township: 4N           Range: 2W          
Description of significance: FORT SUPPLY WAS ESTABLISHED IN NOVEMBER 1868, BY GENERAL ALFRED SULLY COMANDING FIVE COMPANIES OF THE THIRD INFANTRY. FOR NEARLY A QUARTER OF A CENTURY IT PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN THE WAR ON PLAINS INDIANS AND GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST.IT WAS ABANDONED IN 1893.LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER 6/21/71

Type: DISTRICT
Historic Function: MILITARY FACILITY
Current Function: SANITORUIM
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: HISTORIC ABORIGINAL
Architectural Style: None
Architect: US ARMY
Year Built: 1868            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: HISTORY OF OKLAHOMA, 1948
Date Prepared: 1970