Fort Dilts

	Fort Dilts
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Rhame, North Dakota
Coordinates	46°16′43″N 103°46′33″W / 46.27861°N 103.77583°W
Area	8.3 acres (3.4 ha)
Built	1864
NRHP reference No.	80002907
Added to NRHP	November 10, 1980

Fort Dilts was a makeshift sod fort built near

Hunkpapa Sioux Indians led by Sitting Bull^[2] upon an encircled wagon train of would-be gold-miners and a small military escort of convalescent soldiers.^[3]

The wagon train had set out from

Sioux Uprising.^[5] Upon reaching Fort Rice the wagon expedition disbanded.^[6]

Fort Dilts State Historic Site has been a

contributing structure.^[1] Remaining at the site are a sod enclosure, wagon ruts, several grave markers, and an interpretive sign.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ "The US Army and the Sioux - Part 2 / Battle of the Badlands". National Park Service. Retrieved February 17, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Fort Dilts State Historic Site". North Dakota State Historical Society. Retrieved July 18, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kurt P. Schweigert (August 1, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fort Dilts". and accompanying photos, five from 1979 plus an aerial photo from 1965
^ Fort Dilts: Guns, arrows and poison?, Virginia Grantier, The Dickenson Press, 30 August 2014 [1]
^ Fort Dilts, Fort Dilts State Historic Site, State Historical Society of North Dakota, 612 East Boulevard Ave., Bismarck, North Dakota 58505 [2]

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[2] "The US Army and the Sioux - Part 2 / Battle of the Badlands". National Park Service. Retrieved February 17, 2011.

[dilts-3] "Fort Dilts State Historic Site". North Dakota State Historical Society. Retrieved July 18, 2012.

[nrhpdoc-4] Kurt P. Schweigert (August 1, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Registration: Fort Dilts". and accompanying photos, five from 1979 plus an aerial photo from 1965

[5] Fort Dilts: Guns, arrows and poison?, Virginia Grantier, The Dickenson Press, 30 August 2014 [1]

[Dilts-6] Fort Dilts, Fort Dilts State Historic Site, State Historical Society of North Dakota, 612 East Boulevard Ave., Bismarck, North Dakota 58505 [2]

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