General Crook House

30th and Fort Street
Omaha, NE, 68111
402-455-9990

URL : http://www.omahahistory.org/museum.htm

overview : General Crook was a Civil Was hero and was considered the ùgreatest Indian fighter in the history of the United States. ÒÒ At the landmark 1879 trial of the Ponca Chief Standing Bear, General Crook testified in defense of Standing Bear. He was the Commander of the Department of the Platte from 1875 to 1882 and again from 1886 to 1888.

topics : American, western, native, hsitory, military