Non. com. officers quarters, Fire station, Guard house, Fort Crook, Neb.
Description
Color postcard (14 x 9 cm.) with an exterior view of the non-commissioned officers' quarters, the fire station, and the guard house at Fort Crook, Nebraska. There is a cannon and soldier at the lower right corner of the image.
Fort Crook was established in 1888 and was named after General George Crook (1828-1890), Civil War general and commander of the Department of the Platte at Fort Omaha. Most of Fort Crook's buildings were constructed between 1891 and 1896. Fort Crook is now a part of Offutt Air Force Base, Bellevue, Nebraska. Source: Historic Places: The National Register for Nebraska. Lincoln: NEBRASKAland Magazine, c1989, p. 125.
