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Fort Riley – or Camp Center as it was originally named due to its proximity to the geographic center of the US – was first surveyed in 1852 to serve as a military post to protect traders moving along the Oregon-California and Santa Fe trails.
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Obermeyer, Brian (2013). "The Tallgrass Prairie at Fort Riley," Symphony in the Flint Hills Field Journal. https://newprairiepress.org/sfh/2013/folioIV/6
The Tallgrass Prairie at Fort Riley
Fort Riley – or Camp Center as it was originally named due to its proximity to the geographic center of the US – was first surveyed in 1852 to serve as a military post to protect traders moving along the Oregon-California and Santa Fe trails.
