Near Crawford in Dawes County, Nebraska — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Red Cloud Agency
A faction of Agency Indians, joined with visiting hostiles, harassed Saville and his thirty to forty employees, threatened cowboys, and rode through the unfinished stockade shooting out windows. After the establishment of nearby Camp Robinson in March 1874, the agency remained a powder keg. In October 1874, for example, hostiles chopped down the new agency flagpole and threatened to destroy both the agency and the military camp.
During the Indian war of 1876, the agency served as the center for non-hostiles. After the treaty ceding the Black Hills to the U.S. was signed here in 1876, and the death of Crazy Horse in 1877, the agency was relocated to the Pine Ridge Agency, Dakota Territory.
Erected by Nebraska State Historical Society. (Marker Number 116.)
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Native Americans • Wars, US Indian.
Location. 42° 40.248′ N, 103° 26.205′ W. Marker is near Crawford, Nebraska, in Dawes County. Marker is on Bridges to Buttes Highway (U.S. 20) near Soldier Creek Road. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 3200 Nebraska Highway 20, Crawford NE 69339, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Site of Red Cloud Indian Agency (within shouting distance of this marker); German P.O.W. Camp (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fort Robinson and the Railroad (approx. 1.2 miles away); K-9 Training Area (approx. 1.3 miles away); Sea Level Bench Mark (approx. 1.4 miles away); Chief Crazy Horse (approx. 1˝ miles away); Crossing of the Trails (approx. 1˝ miles away); Officers’ Row, 1874-1875 (approx. 1˝ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Crawford.
Also see . . . Red Cloud Agency. (Submitted on June 3, 2021, by Connor Olson of Kewaskum, Wisconsin.)
Credits. This page was last revised on May 14, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 30, 2021, by Connor Olson of Kewaskum, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 507 times since then and 63 times this year. Last updated on May 14, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on May 30, 2021, by Connor Olson of Kewaskum, Wisconsin. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.