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Fort Sill's Old Post Guard House was established from 1872 to 1873 as Cavalry barracks subsequently provisioned for a military stockade. The limestone structure is illustrative of the late 19th century confinement and relief formalities for hostile tribal leaders and Indian prisoners of war at the Fort Sill military camp. The domestic stone framework serves with historical significance considering the calendar span of the American Indian assimilation commencing in the late nineteenth century.

Footnotes

1. "Post Guardhouse" [Fort Sill in Comanche County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)]. HMDB.org. The Historical Marker Database.
2. "Geronimo's Guard House". The Gateway to Oklahoma History. Oklahoma Historical Society.
3. "Old Guard House". The Gateway to Oklahoma History. Oklahoma Historical Society.
4. Bentley, Bill F. (January 5, 1969). "Geronimo, Fierce Apache, Spent Last 15 Years as POW at Fort Sill". The Lawton Constitution, Vol. 20, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 5, 1969. Lawton, Oklahoma: The Lawton Constitution. p. 19F.
5. Tatro, M. Kaye. "Curtis Act (1898)". The Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Curtis Act of 1898. Oklahoma Historical Society.

See also

• Blockhouse on Signal Mountain
• Ketch Ranch House
• Medicine Park, Oklahoma

External links

• "Comanche National Museum and Cultural Center". Lawton, Oklahoma.

• Indigenous peoples of the Americas
• Mountains
• Oklahoma

• 1872 establishments in Indian Territory
• Buildings and structures in Comanche County, Oklahoma
• Military installations established in 1872