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The article discusses the American historical memory of the Great Sioux War of 1876, Fort Robinson, Nebraska and U.S. Army General George Custer. An overview of historic sites for late 19th century forts in the American West, including the Fort Laramie National Historic Site in Wyoming, is provided. An overview of Americans' relations with the Sioux Indians in the late 19th century is provided.

The article discusses the participation of African American cavalry soldiers, or buffalo soldiers, in wars with Indians from the U.S. Civil War through the 1890s, with a particular focus on the U.S. African American Army Colonel Charles Young. An overview of the stationing of the U.S. Army's Ninth Cavalry at Fort Robinson, Nebraska is provided. The race relations within the Ninth Cavalry, including its consisting of white military officers and African American soldiers, is discussed.

The article presents an examination of the handling of prisoner of war (POW) mail at Fort Robinson in Nebraska during World War II. It discusses the regulations that pertained to prisoner of war mail as outlined in the United States War Department's manual "Enemy Prisons of War" which was based on the Geneva Accord. It discusses the role that Switzerland played in providing mail service between nations at war, examines the types of envelopes used in POW mail service and discusses the conditions that German POWs encountered in American camps.

The article presents an examination of Camp Sheridan, a military outpost in northwestern Nebraska founded in 1874 to oversee affairs at the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Indian agencies. The article compares the history of Camp Sheridan with that of Camp Robinson which experienced much more hostile activity. It examines the Fort Laramie Treaty with the Sioux people and discusses government relations with the Native Americans in the region including Sioux Chief Spotted Tail and Oglala Chief Red Could.

The article offers travel tips for Nebraska and includes information on Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium in Omaha, Nebraska, Prairie event at Saunders County Museum in Wahoo and Fort Robinson State Park.

The article offers information on Fort Robinson State Park in Nebraska including horse riding, mountain bike riding and kayak riding offered at the park and Fort Robinson Historical Christmas Dinner to be held on December 3, 2016.

The article focuses on the history of Fort Robinson in Nebraska where it experience a great darkness from 1874 until it has been abandoned by the Army in 1948.

An 1875 photograph is presented of Camp (or Fort) Robinson, Nebraska is presented.

Several letters to the editor and replies are presented such as one on the article by Tom Hunt, which discusses the conversion of glow plane to electric, and another by Terry Dunn, which discusses the Waco CG-4A Glider and Fort Robinson, Nebraska.

The article reports on the annual Fort Robinson Outbreak Spiritual Run, which commemorates the 1879 escape of the Cheyenne from Fort Robinson, Nebraska. Mostly women and children attempted the escape, but many were killed by the U.S. Cavalry. The run ends overlooking a monument that marks the repatriation of the remains of those killed. In 2007, more than a hundred Northern Cheyenne youth participated in the 400-mile run.

Discusses how workers renovating a century-old building that once served as the Quartermaster Warehouse for Fort Robinson near Crawford, Nebraska recently uncovered a rich cache of US Cavalry-related artifacts. Age of recovered pieces.