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<p><a href="page.php?w=Osage_Nation">Osage</a> and <a href="page.php?w=Cherokee">Cherokee</a> peoples. A small civilian settlement developed nearby. Major <a href="page.php?w=William_Bradford_%28major%29">William Bradford</a> commanded the post until its abandonment in 1824, when the Army relocated west to <a href="page.php?w=Fort_Gibson">Fort Gibson</a>.</p>

<p>John Rogers, an Army sutler and land speculator, purchased former government lands and promoted civilian growth. During the 1830s, amid federal <a href="page.php?w=Indian_removal">Indian removal</a></p><p>
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