National Register Record for CANTONMENT

Historic Name: CANTONMENT
Current Name: CANTONMENT ON THE NORTH FORK OF THE CANADIAN
Address: None
City: CANTON VIC            County: BLAINE
Section: NW1/4 OF 29           Township: 19N           Range: 13W          
Description of significance: ESTABLISHED IN 1879 BY THE US ARMY TO PROTECT THE AREA BETWEEN FORT SUPPY AND FORT RENO, THIS CANTONMENT SERVED FOR THREE YEARS. FROM 1882 TO 1918, IT SERVED FIRST AS A MISSION BOARDING SCHOOL AND THEN AS A GOVERNMENT INDIAN SCHOOL AS WELL AS A SUB-AGENCY OF THE DARLINGTON AGENCY. IT WAS ABANDONED IN 1920. LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER 4/28/70.

Type: BUILDING
Historic Function: FORTIFICATION
Current Function: MUSEUM
Area of Significance 1: ARCHITECTURE
Area of Significance 2: HISTORIC - ABORIGINAL
Architectural Style: None
Architect: US ARMY, BUILDER
Year Built: 1879            Original Site: YES
Condition: GOOD
Restricted: N
Documentation Source: KREHBIEL, H.P.,"THE HISTORY OF THE GENERAL CONFERENCE OF THE MENNONITES OF NORTH AMERICA" ST. LOUIS, 1898, PP.291-321; LACKEY, VINSON, "THE FORTS OF OKLAHOMA", TULSA 1963, PP. 41-43; THOBURN, JOSEPH B., "MY EXPERIENCES WITH THE CHEYENNE INDIANS"
Date Prepared: JANUARY 1970