^Lot 560 Fort Logan Token CO - Denver,General Americana

In March 1887, Lt. General Phil Sheridan came to Denver and, after viewing the 11 sites suggested by the local citizens’ committee, he selected a tract south of Bear Creek nearly 10 miles from downtown Denver. By September, arrangements to purchase the land were completed and in October the first soldiers arrived from forts in Kansas. They first camped on a ranch near the new military reservation. On 31 Oct. 1887, the troops moved onto the grounds of the “Camp Near the City of Denver,” marking the official beginning of the fort. People in the area referred to the camp as “Fort Sheridan,” although no official name had been designated. However, before his death in 1888, General Sheridan indicated he preferred to have his name associated with a fort north of Chicago, which had unofficially been called “Fort Logan” in honor of the U.S. senator from Illinois who had introduced legislation in Congress to create the fort. The new post near Denver was officially named “Fort Logan” in April 1889.