In the last couple of days I've put up some photos of Frontier Era Army posts in the state which were taken years ago. All of those were originally posted elsewhere, but a change in how Photobucket operated made them difficult to view, and I was left wondering why I hadn't blogged those photos. I know the reason why, actually. It used to be hard to upload lots of photos onto Blogger. That's changed.
Anyhow, this photograph is new. This is the former location of Deer Creek Station.
The sign itself isn't placed on the exact location, actually. It's near it, more or less, but really a couple of miles away. I'd guess it may be 1 mile to 2 miles from the original post. Anyhow, the sign does a good job of giving the history of the post, which started off as a civilian trading post in 1857 and which was occupied during the Civil War by state troops sent to police the frontier. This post, like a collection of others, was burned by the Indians following the abandonment of the fort in 1866.
