Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation

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About Us
FortLincoln.com is the official website for the
Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation. The Foundation
mission, since 1982, is to promote and manage the
reconstruction, development and interpretation of
the historical sites of old Fort Abraham Lincoln
and the On-a-Slant Indian Village within Fort
Lincoln State Park, near Mandan, North Dakota,
across the Missouri River from Bismarck, the
state capital. To tell the stories of Custer,
the 7th Cavalry and the Mandan Indians, the
foundation has established the Northern Plains'
finest living history interpretive program.
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History
As the Northern Pacific Railroad advanced west
across Dakota Territory, the US military kept
pace. When the railroad reached the Missouri
River in 1872, the city that would become known
as Bismarck sprang up and Fort McKeen was
established on the west bank of the river as a
small infantry post. By November of that year,
Fort McKeen had been renamed in honor of the
fallen President, Abraham Lincoln. Fort
Abraham Lincoln was expanded to house six
companies of the 7th Cavalry under the command of
Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer in 1873. Their
mission was to further the advancement of the
Northern Pacific Railroad and open the westward
expansion of the American frontier.
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History
By 1874, Fort Abraham Lincoln was the largest and
most important fort in Dakota Territory and was
considered the premier frontier fort on the
Northern Plains with 650 Infantry and Cavalry
soldiers keeping the post maintained and
operational. May 17, 1876, the troops left Fort
Lincoln on the Centennial Campaign, which took
the 7th Cavalry into the valley of the Little Big
Horn. They were attempting to force non-treaty
Indians back to their respective reservations.
Outnumbered, outgunned, and out-maneuvered, 260
cavalry troopers would not return to Fort Abraham
Lincoln, including every member of the five
companies with Custer.
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Benefits Of Membership

• Annual Pass to Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park
  which includes park entrance interpretive passes
  for the Custer House, On-a-Slant Village, Visitor
  Center Museum Fort Lincoln Melodrama and all
  annual events sponsored by the Fort Abraham
  Lincoln Foundation.
• The Past Times (quarterly historical journal
  published by Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation).
• 10 discount on purchases at the Commissary Store
  and Five Nations Arts Gift Shop.
• Members also get a discount on weekday Post
  rentals.

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Contact Us
Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation 401 West Main
St. Mandan, ND 58554 701-663-4758 info_at_fortlincoln
.org Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park 4480 Fort
Lincoln Rd. Mandan, ND 58554 701-667-6340 falsp_at_nd
.gov
Lewis and Clark Riverboat Port of
Bismarck Bismarck, ND 701-255-4233 riverboat_at_fortl
incoln.org Lewis and Clark Riverboat Mailing
Address 401 West Main St. Mandan, ND
58554 www.lewisandclarkriverboat.com
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Thank You