RUBY VALLEY — Soldiers stationed at Fort Ruby, Nev., in the 1860s did not deliberately sign up for an assignment at the remote, halfway point of the Great Basin. “These soldiers were told they were ...
It was hell being stationed at Fort Ruby in eastern Nevada. Established in September 1862, the fort provided a military presence to protect emigrants heading to California and Oregon as well as the ...
It wasn’t easy being stationed at Fort Ruby in Eastern Nevada. Established in September 1862, the fort provided a military presence to protect emigrants heading to California and Oregon as well as the ...
Winds over the Great Basin first waved a 36-star U.S. flag in the autumn months of 1864 at a place soldiers there described as the “worst post in the West.” Several months before the 36-star banner ...
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