Fort Phil Kearny was an outpost of the United States Army that existed in the late 1860s in present-day northeastern Wyoming along the Bozeman Trail. Construction began in 1866 on Friday, July 13, by Companies A, C, E, and H of the 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry, under the direction of the regimental commander and Mountain District commander Colonel Henry B. Fort Phil Kearny is situated 4,000 feet southwest of Hearney Pit Mine.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Story and Banner.

Story

Village

Story is a census-designated place in Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States. As of the 2020 census, the CDP population was 903. Story is situated 4 miles northwest of Hearney Pit Mine.

Banner

Hamlet

Banner is an unincorporated community in southern Sheridan County, Wyoming, United States. It lies near Interstate 90, south of the city of Sheridan, the county seat of Sheridan County. Banner is situated 5 miles northwest of Hearney Pit Mine.

Hearney Pit Mine

Categories: mine and industry
Location: Johnson County, Wyoming, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.54025° or 44° 32′ 25″ north

Longitude

-106.81617° or 106° 48′ 58″ west

Elevation

4,760 feet (1,451 metres)

Open location code

85PMG5RM+4G

OpenStreetMap ID

node 369132956

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

GeoNames ID

5827369

Wikidata ID

Q49417816

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In Other Languages

“Hearney Pit Mine” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Hearney Pit Mine”

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