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Historic Sites of the Indian Wars
(1609-1924)
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About the Indian Wars
The Indian Wars is a collective term for numerous conflicts between Indigenous nations and European colonial or U.S. forces from the early seventeenth to the early twentieth century. These separate wars concerned land, sovereignty, settlement, trade, and the enforcement or violation of treaties. Expansion by colonial and U.S. governments resulted in extensive dispossession, forced removal, and confinement of Indigenous peoples to reservations.
Geography of the Indian Wars
The conflicts occurred across North America, especially within the present-day United States and neighboring borderlands. Early theaters included the Northeast, the Southeast, and the Great Lakes, while later campaigns spread across the Great Plains, the Southwest, California, and the Pacific Northwest. Forests, prairies, deserts, and mountains supported different forms of resistance and military campaigning. Forts, river routes, settler communities, and later railroads connected expanding fronts across Indigenous homelands.
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument
756 Battlefield Tour Rd, Crow Agency, MT 59022
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Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
6701 San Jose Dr, San Antonio, TX 78214
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Fort Laramie National Historic Site
965 Gray Rocks Rd, Fort Laramie, WY 82212
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Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site
County Rd 54, Eads, CO 81036
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Big Hole National Battlefield
MT-43, Wisdom, MT 59761
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Nez Perce National Historical Park (Idaho units)
39063 US-95, Spalding, ID 83540
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Fort Union National Monument
NM-161, Watrous, NM 87753
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Sitka National Historical Park
103 Monastery St, Sitka, AK 99835
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Fort Bowie National Historic Site
Apache Pass Rd, Bowie, AZ 85605
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Fort Griffin State Historic Site
1701 N US Hwy 283, Albany, TX, 76430, USA
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Fort Ouiatenon Historical Park
3402 S River Rd, West Lafayette, IN 47906
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Fort Mims Historic Site
1813 Fort Mims Rd, Tensaw, AL, 36579, USA
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Fort Ligonier
216 S Market St, Ligonier, PA 15658
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Fort Davis National Historic Site
101 Lt Flipper Dr, Fort Davis, TX 79734
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Bushy Run Battlefield
1253 Bushy Run Rd, Jeannette, PA 15644
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Fort Battleford National Historic Site
Central Avenue, Battleford, Saskatchewan S0M 0E0, Canada
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Fort Parker State Historic Site
866 Park Rd 35, Groesbeck, TX, 76642, USA
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Battle of Palo Duro Canyon Site
Park Rd 5, Canyon, TX, 79015, USA
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Tippecanoe Battlefield Park
200 Battleground Ave, Battle Ground, IN, 47920, USA
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Dade Battlefield Historic State Park
7200 County Road 603, Bushnell, FL 33513, USA
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Fort Belknap
135 Belknap Cir, Newcastle, TX, 76372, USA
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Fort McKavett State Historic Site
7066 FM 864, Fort McKavett, TX, 76841, USA
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Fort Bliss Founding Site
2000 Magoffin Ave, El Paso, TX, 79901, USA
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Sycamore Shoals State Historic Area & Fort Watauga
1651 W Elk Ave, Elizabethton, TN 37643
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Fort Concho National Historic Landmark
630 S Oakes St, San Angelo, TX 76903
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Fort Stockton Historic District
300 E 3rd St, Fort Stockton, TX 79735
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Batoche National Historic Site
Sentier de la navette, Batoche, Saskatchewan S0K 4P0, Canada
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Riel House National Historic Site
330 River Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba R2M 3Z8, Canada
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Whitman Mission National Historic Site
328 Whitman Mission Rd, Walla Walla, WA 99362
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Battle of Yellow House Canyon Site
Cesar E Chavez Dr, 0.2 mi N of Parkway Dr, Lubbock, TX, 79401, USA
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Fort Walsh National Historic Site
Fort Walsh Road, Maple Creek, Saskatchewan, Canada
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Battle of Plum Creek Site
415 Brazos St, Lockhart, TX, 78644, USA
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Fort Presque Isle Blockhouse
2 Ash St, Erie, PA 16507
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Fort Sam Houston Quadrangle
1400 E Grayson St, San Antonio, TX 78234
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Second Battle of Adobe Walls Site
Adobe Walls Rd, Stinnett, TX, 79083, USA
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Fort Clark
152 McClernand Rd, Brackettville, TX, 78832, USA
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Fort Chadbourne
651 Fort Chadbourne Rd, Bronte, TX, 76933, USA
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Grouseland
3 W Scott St, Vincennes, IN, 47591, USA
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Fort Duncan
400 Bliss St, Eagle Pass, TX, 78852, USA
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Burnt Corn Creek Battle Site
201 St Nicholas Ave, Brewton, AL, 36426, USA
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Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum (Seminole Tribe)
34725 W Boundary Rd, Clewiston, FL 33440, USA
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Fort Wayne Historic Site
1201 Spy Run Ave, Fort Wayne, IN, 46805, USA
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Emuckfau / Enitachopco Creek Battle Site
AL-22 & Church St, Daviston, AL, 36256, USA
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Micanopy Historic District
607 NE Cholokka Blvd, Micanopy, FL 32667, USA
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Fort Richardson State Park and Historic Site
228 State Park Rd 61, Jacksboro, TX 76458
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Fort Mason
204 W Spruce St, Mason, TX, 76856, USA
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Fort Gadsden Historic Site
Fort Gadsden Rd, Sumatra, FL, 32335, USA
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Espiritu Santo de Zuniga Mission
1600 Loop 71, Goliad, TX 77963
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Talladega Battle Site
1 Court Sq, Talladega, AL, 35160, USA
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Fort Hawkins
736 Emery Hwy, Macon, GA, 31217, USA
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Pease River Battle Site
305 S Main St, Crowell, TX, 79227, USA
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Fort Pickens (Gulf Islands National Seashore)
1400 Fort Pickens Rd, Pensacola Beach, FL 32561, USA
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Prophetstown State Park
5545 Swisher Rd, West Lafayette, IN, 47906, USA
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Council House Fight Site
114 Main Plaza, San Antonio, TX, 78205, USA
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Mission Santa Cruz de San Saba Site
E FM 2092, Menard, TX, 76859, USA
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Site of Harvey Massacre
SH 6, Calvert, TX, USA
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Fort Phantom Hill
10818 FM 600, Abilene, TX, 79601, USA
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Fort Terrett
River Rd (CR 307), 1 mi N of RM 3130, Sonora, TX, 76950, USA
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Site of Fort Stockton
Main & James St., Fort Stockton, TX, USA
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Fort Merrill
3.5 mi NW of Dinero, off FM 534, Dinero, TX, 78350, USA
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Old Fort Cemetery
Walter and 8th St., Fort Stockton, TX, USA
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Fort Miami Historical Marker (Fort Wayne)
Van Buren St & Michaels Ave, Fort Wayne, IN, 46802, USA
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Old Fort Davis C. S. A.
Courthouse grounds, Fort Davis, TX, USA
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Kerr’s Settlement (DeWitt’s Colony) Marker
FM 146, Gonzales, TX, 78629, USA
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Fort Venango Marker
742 Elk St, Franklin, PA 16323
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Fort Stockton Guard House
206 N. Rooney St., Fort Stockton, TX, USA
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Fort Sinquefield Site
Fort Sinquefield Rd, Whatley, AL, 36482, USA
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Fort Elliott
TX-152, Mobeetie, TX, 79061, USA
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Fort Breckenridge Marker
5519 Hot Springs Rd, Hot Springs, VA 24445
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Fort Inge
399 Co Rd 375, Uvalde, TX, 78801, USA
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Fort Claiborne
97 Grain Elevator Rd, Frisco City, AL, 36445, USA
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Fort Strother Site
AL-144 & Valley Dr, Ragland, AL, 35131, USA
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Fort Lancaster State Historic Site
629 Fort Lancaster Rd, Sheffield, TX, 79781, USA
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Linnville Raid Site
3484 FM 1090, Port Lavaca, TX, 77979, USA
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William Henry Harrison Tomb State Memorial
41 Cliff Rd, North Bend, OH, 45052, USA
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Seminole Negro Indian Scouts Cemetery
3045 RM 3348, Brackettville, TX, 78832, USA
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Fort Davis
Fort Davis National Historic Site, Hwy. 17/118 intersection, Fort Davis, located near the parking lot, Fort Davis, TX, USA
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Fort Stockton Officers' Quarters
E 5th and N Williams St., Fort Stockton, TX, USA
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Fort William Marker
3200 State Rte 670, Troutville, VA 24175
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Fort Detroit Historical Marker
965 E Jefferson Ave, Detroit, MI 48207
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Ruins of the Ranch Home of Manuel Musquiz
SH 118, Fort Davis, TX, USA
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Fort Sandusky Historical Marker
Venice Rd & Fremont Ave, Sandusky, OH, 44870, USA
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Fort Pena Colorada (Red Rock)
From Marathon, take local road 4-5 mi. sw to camp ground & city park, Marathon, TX, USA
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Fort Oldham
On FM 1362 near intersection with CR 226 about 2.5 miles SW of Cooks Point, Cooks Point, TX, USA
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Site of Comanche Springs
Spring Dr. at Rooney Park, Fort Stockton, TX, USA
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Kenney's Fort
2351 Centennial Loop, Round Rock, TX, 78665, USA
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Camp Cooper
FM 2584, off US 283, Throckmorton, TX, 76483, USA
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Burleson County
SE corner of SH 21 and SH 36, Caldwell, TX 77836
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Comanche Trail
From Marathon, take US 385 S. about 42 mi, to Parsimmon Gap entrance to Big Bend. Marker is in parking lot to entrance station, Marathon, TX, USA
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Robert Emmett Bledsoe Baylor (1793-1873)
Baylor Park at Windmill Hill, Lueckemeyer Road, Independence, TX, USA
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James Buchanan Gillett
S. Tenison Ave., Marfa, TX, USA
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Last Indian-Settler Conflict Marker
18084 Old Valley Pike, Edinburg, VA 22824
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Isaac Phillip Stem
Wesley Chapel Cemetery, 16 mi. north of Franklin on FM 979 north of Bald Prairie community, Bald Prairie, TX, USA
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Apache Last Stand
11 mi. SW of Valentine, TX, USA
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Bastrop Townsite (Mina)
804 Pecan St, Bastrop, TX, 78602, USA
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Camp Colorado
County Road 140, 4 mi E of FM 1176, Coleman, TX, 76834, USA
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Horsehead Crossing
FM 11, Girvin, TX, USA
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Newington Marker
16662 The Trail, King and Queen Court House, VA 23085
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Map of Historic Sites of the Indian Wars
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