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The enduring ties between Kansas and the US Army on the Great Plains began well before Kansas was admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861. The frontier outpost we know as Fort Riley was originally called Camp Center due to its central geographical location in the United States. Camp Center had been in place since 1853.
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Fort Riley (2013). "Camp Center: The Big Red One," Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal. https://newprairiepress.org/sfh/2013/folioIV/2
Camp Center: The Big Red One
The enduring ties between Kansas and the US Army on the Great Plains began well before Kansas was admitted to the Union on January 29, 1861. The frontier outpost we know as Fort Riley was originally called Camp Center due to its central geographical location in the United States. Camp Center had been in place since 1853.
