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Fort Supply Timeline
- 11/18/1868
- Camp Supply established near the confluence of the Beaver River and Wolf Creek in northwest Indian Territory.
- 11/23/1868
- Lt. Col. George Custer's 7th Cavalry depart Camp Supply for the Battle of the Washita.
- 12/07/1868
- Gen. Sheridan, Custer and troops depart Camp Supply to continue the Winter Campaign of 1868-69.
- 3/28/1869
- Custer and the 7th Cavalry with captive Indian chiefs return to Camp Supply at the close of the campaign.
- 1869-1870
- Camp Supply is temporary Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency.
- 6/11/1870
- Troops repulse attack by Satanta's Kiowas and Comanches, Battle of Camp Supply.
- 1874-1875
- Camp Supply is the primary supply base for Gen. Nelson Miles' troops during the Red River War.
- 12/30/1878
- Camp Supply officially named Fort Supply by Gen. Order No. 9.
- 5/5/1879
- Fort Supply soldiers ordered to expel Boomers illegally entering the Cherokee Outlet.
- 4/27/1889
- Fort Supply troops assist with the opening of the Unassigned Lands, "Run of '89."
- 9/16/1893
- Troops patrol borders at the opening of the Cherokee Outlet, "Run of '93."
- 9/15/1894
- General Order No. 45, Headquarters of the Army, closes Fort Supply.
- 2/26/1895
- Fort Supply placed in custody of the Department of Interior.
- 5/20/1908
- Oklahoma's first insane asylum, now Western State Psychiatric Center, occupies the old post.
- 7/01/1988
- Oklahoma State Legislature, SB No. 403, designates Fort Supply Historic District.
- 12/06/1988
- William S. Key Correctional Center dedicated at Historic Fort Supply.
