Editing Great Plains (section)

===First American settlements===
{{see also|Cattle drives in the United States}}

[[File:Alfred Jacob Miller - Fort Laramie - Walters 37194049.jpg|thumb|right|Fort William, the first Fort Laramie, as it looked prior to 1840. Painting from memory by Alfred Jacob Miller]]The first White settlements in the Great Plains were forts, particularly along the Santa Fe Trail, and trading posts. Some of the first built were: {{div col}}
*[[Fort Lisa (North Dakota)|Fort Lisa]] (1809), North Dakota
*[[Red River Colony]] or Selkirk Settlement (1811), Manitoba
*[[Fort Lisa (Nebraska)|Fort Lisa]] (1812), Nebraska
*[[Fort Atkinson (Nebraska)]] (1819), Nebraska
*[[Fontenelle's Post]] (1822), Nebraska
*[[Cabanne's Trading Post]] (1822), Nebraska
*[[Fort Kiowa]] (1822), South Dakota
*[[Fort Laramie National Historic Site|Fort Laramie]] (1834), Texas
*[[Fort Parker Massacre|Fort Parker]] (1834), Texas
*[[New Braunfels, Texas|Zinkenburg]] (1845), Texas
*[[Fort Kearney]] (1848), Nebraska
*[[Fort Martin Scott]] (1848), Texas
*[[Fort Croghan]] (1849), Texas
*[[Fort Gates]] (1849), Texas
*[[Fort Graham]] (1849), Texas
*[[History of Fort Worth, Texas|Fort Worth]] (1849), Texas
*[[Fort Belknap (Texas)|Fort Belknap]] (1851), Texas
*[[Fort Mason]] (1851), Texas
*[[Fort Chadbourne]] (1852), Texas
*[[Fort McKavett State Historic Site|Fort McKavett]] (1852), Texas
*[[Fort Phantom Hill]] (1852), Texas
*[[Coleman, Texas|Camp Colorado]] (1855), Texas
*[[Fort McPherson, Nebraska|Fort McPherson]] (1863), Nebraska
*[[Fort Mitchell, Nebraska|Fort Mitchell]] (1864), Nebraska
*[[Fort Concho]] (1867), Texas
*[[Fort Griffin]] (1867), Texas
*[[Fort Richardson (Texas)|Fort Richardson]] (1867), Texas
*[[Fort Sidney]] (1867), Nebraska
*[[Fort Omaha]] (1868), Nebraska
*[[Fort Hartsuff State Historical Park|Fort Hartsuff]] (1874), Nebraska
*[[Fort Sill]] (1869), Oklahoma
*[[Fort Robinson]] (1874), Nebraska
*[[Camp Sheridan (Nebraska)|Camp Sheridan]] (1874), Nebraska
*[[Fort Niobrara]] (1880), Nebraska
*[[Fort Elliott]] (1875), Texas
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