Fort Supply (Oklahoma)

Fort Supply (originally Camp Supply) was a United States Army post established on November 18, 1868, in Indian Territory to protect the Southern Plains. It was located just east of present-day Fort Supply, Oklahoma, in what was then the Cherokee Outlet.

Fort Supply
Indian Territory / Woodward County, Oklahoma, USA
(near Fort Supply, Oklahoma)
Camp Supply Stockade, Harper's Weekly, February 1869.
TypeFort
Site information
Controlled byUnited States
Site history
Built1868
In use18681895
MaterialsLogs & stone
Battles/warsIndian Wars on the Southern Plains
Fort Supply Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
LocationWestern State Hospital grounds, Fort Supply, Oklahoma
Coordinates36°34′35″N 99°33′36″W
Area5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built1893
NRHP reference No.71000675
Added to NRHPJune 21, 1971
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