Fort Robinson State Park

Fort Robinson in northwest Nebraska was an Army post from 1874 to 1948 and is now a state park and historic site. It is where Oglala leader Crazy Horse died in 1877, and in January 1879 it was the scene of the Cheyenne Outbreak, when about 149 Northern Cheyenne people led by Dull Knife, held in the barracks after fleeing confinement far from their homeland, broke out; about 60 of the Cheyenne and 11 soldiers died in the pursuit. Visitors and staff describe cold spots in some buildings, shadows near the old guard tower, unexplained footsteps, the scream of a man said to have fallen to his death and a lingering sense of sadness. Some guides and staff deny anything supernatural. The history here is real and heavy, and the site should be visited with that in mind.