Antique Army Fort Reno Oklahoma telegraqh key Indian Wars - $100 - (Williamsville, MO)

Antique telegraph key from Fort Reno, Oklahoma. Fort Reno is carved in to the wood on one side of the telegraph key. I got it from an estate sale in Southeast Missouri. I have not cleaned it or done anything to it. As I found it. Fort Reno OK began as a temporary camp in July 1874 near Darlington Agency which needed protection from an Indian uprising that eventually led to the Red River War. After the conflict ended, the post remained to control and protect the Southern Cheyenne and Southern Arapaho reservation and Fort Reno was established as a permanent fort on July 15, 1875. Soldiers from Fort Reno also attempted to control Boomer and Sooner activity during the rush to open the unassigned lands for settlement. Among the units stationed there were the famed Ninth Cavalry of Buffalo Soldiers. After Oklahoma statehood in 1907, the post was abandoned on February 24, 1908. I have no provenance other than the name carving. I got it some time back and put it on a shelf not noticing the carving until recently.

Posted in Williamsville, MO, Collectibles
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