HM: Fort McKavett - Fort Clark Military Road Traditional Geocache
HM: Fort McKavett - Fort Clark Military Road
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From nearby Fort Terrett, this road in 1852 led south to Fort
Clark and north to Fort McKavett. Selected mainly because it
had
water available, it served as the route for freight and mail,
1868,
when the forts were reactivated. Over this route went troops.
supplies, immigrants and pioneers. It was noted also for the
passage of forays of Col. Ranald MacKenzie against hostile
Indians
to the northwest. After the forts were abandoned in 1883,
ranchers
drove cattle to market over parts of the road.
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