Bloom in Ford County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Fort Dodge - Camp Supply Military Road

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, October 5, 2014

1. Fort Dodge - Camp Supply Military Road Marker

Inscription. The Fort Dodge - Camp Supply Military Road passed several hundred feet west of this marker. The route was established in 1868 during General Phillip H. Sheridan's winter campaign against Indians in Texas and the Indian Territory. This ungraded prairie trail, approximately 90 miles long, was important for transporting supplies from Fort Dodge and Dodge City to Camp (later Fort) Supply, in present Oklahoma, and was an important link in the communications system of western outposts. In the 1880s, a government telegraph line was erected along the route of the trail. In Clark County, two 50-foot square fortifications (redoubts) were built to house cavalry patrols assigned to keep the mail and supply route open. In the 1870s and 1880s, the military road served as a branch of the Western Trail over which cattle were driven from Texas to Dodge City and beyond. The present road between Bloom and Ashland follows the Fort Dodge-Camp Supply Military Road.

Erected by Kansas Historical Society and Department of Transportation. (Marker Number 96.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles

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• Roads & Vehicles • Wars, US Indian. In addition, it is included in the Kansas Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1868.

Location. 37° 29.448′ N, 99° 53.244′ W. Marker is in Bloom, Kansas, in Ford County. It is at the intersection of U.S. 54 and Bloom Road, on the right when traveling west on U.S. 54. Marker is in roadside park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Minneola KS 67865, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

on the prairies,

on the Great Plains,

on the Southern Plains,

on the High Plains,

and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Comanchería,

the Dust Bowl,

the Louisiana Purchase,

and the Republic of Texas.

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, October 5, 2014

2. Fort Dodge - Camp Supply Military Road Marker

Photographed by Bill Kirchner, October 5, 2014

3. Fort Dodge - Camp Supply Military Road Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on November 16, 2020. It was originally submitted on November 11, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. This page has been viewed 1,305 times since then and 76 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 11, 2014, by Bill Kirchner of Tucson, Arizona. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.