Fort Reno

Fort Reno, established in eighteen seventy-four in what was then the Cheyenne and Arapaho reservation of Indian Territory, was built to monitor the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho peoples during the Red River War. It was garrisoned primarily by Buffalo Soldiers, the Black cavalry and infantry regiments that served on the southern plains frontier. The fort saw significant activity during the Land Run of eighteen eighty-nine, when troops were assigned to hold back settlers until the legal opening time, a task made famous by the Boomer and Sooner rush that followed.

In the Second World War, Fort Reno held German prisoners of war, and a small cemetery on the grounds contains the graves of several German soldiers. The fort's historic buildings survive and are open to the public, maintained by the Agriculture Department on land still used as a livestock research station.