Troop of Cavalry at Drill, Fort Des Moines.

ID: 138 ~ Source: Fort Des M oines, Des Moines, Iowa. Described and Illustrated. Special Collections, Des Moines Public Library. ~ Date: 1904

This file appears in: Fort Des Moines: Chronology

Troop of Cavalry at Drill, Fort Des Moines.

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Subject

Wartime

Publisher

The Des Moines Booklet Co.

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Image

This file appears in: Fort Des Moines: Chronology

Fort Des Moines: Chronology

By Fort Des Moines Museum & Education Center

1901 Construction begins on the 400-acre base Fort Des Moines on Des Moines’ South Side.1903-1904 Two companies of the all-black U.S. Army 25th Infantry surprise Des Moines’ local citizens by arriving instead of white cavalry. The 25th had been…