Post Headquarters, 1905

The commander when this building went up was Col. Jacob A. Augur, who held the post from October 1902 to February 1907. In those years Fort Robinson served in turn as regimental headquarters for the 10th, 8th and 12th Cavalry, and this headquarters was one of the few frame buildings the Army put up here between 1900 and 1912. A History Nebraska photograph from about 1907 shows two dancers from Red Cloud's band performing for a crowd in front of it, while the 8th Cavalry's commander, Col. Henry P. Kingsbury, watches in a cape.

What the plaque says

Post Headquarters, 1905 The Post Headquarters was constructed in 1905. The Post Commander's office was located here, along with other administrative offices, post office, and the Fort's telephone exchange. An ornate auditorium on the second floor was often used for parties such as the masquerade ball held on January 2nd, 1906. During World War II this room was partitioned into additional administrative offices. The Nebraska State Historical Society opened the Fort Robinson Museum in June, 1956, as part of the effort to preserve Fort Robinson's heritage. Nebraska State Historical Society

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Fort Robinson State Park — steps away
  The army post beside the Red Cloud Agency where Crazy Horse was bayoneted in 1877 and Morning Star's Northern Cheyenne broke out into the January cold of 1879.
• Toadstool Geologic Park — 14 mi
  A pocket of badlands in the Oglala National Grassland where sandstone caps balance on clay stems, ancient tracks cross the rock, and a trail leads on to a 10,000-year-old bison bone bed.
• Agate Fossil Beds National Monument — 22 mi
  A fossil quarry on the Niobrara that also keeps the gifts Red Cloud and other Lakota and Cheyenne visitors gave the ranching family who were their friends for thirty-five years.

More markers nearby

• Flagstaff, 1890 — steps away
• Adobe Officers' Quarters — steps away
• 1909 Brick Barracks — steps away
• 1887 Barracks Row — steps away