Fort Phil Kearny was established by Colonel Henry B. Carrington in July, 1866, near present-day Story, in Northeastern Wyoming. The largest of three forts, along the Bozeman Trail, established to protect emigrants traveling north to the gold fields of Montana, and also to prevent intertribal warfare between Native American tribes.
Located 2 miles from Exit 44, off U.S. Hwy. I-90, between Sheridan & Buffalo, Wyoming.