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Author: Marshall B. McKusick
1975, 172 pp.
In this report McKusick describes the organized response in Iowa to the Great Sioux Uprising of 1862, including the construction of a series of border stations or forts along Iowa’s northern border. During the course of this research he located and excavated the triangular stockade at Fort Cherokee in 1967. Using evidence obtained from maps, official reports, documentary materials from the State Archives, and the excavation of Fort Cherokee, McKusick demonstrates the probable structure of the various forts and stockades and tells the story of a dramatic time in Iowa history.
