Fort McKinney
U.S. Highway 16 west of Buffalo just west of entrance to Soldier's & Sailor's Home

Established at Powder River Crossing of the Bozeman Trail in 1876 as Cantonment Reno was moved to this site in 1878. The fort was built by two companies of the Ninth Infantry, in command of Captain Pollock, for the protection of the Powder River country from the hostile Sioux, Cheyenne, and Arapahoe Indians. The post was named for John McKinney, Lieut. of the Fourth Cavalry, killed in the Dull Knife fight on Red Fork of Powder River November 26, 1876.

It was abandoned in 1894 and the land was deeded to the State of Wyoming for a Soldier’s and Sailor’s Home.