Engineer Corps at New Post, Campbell Co., Ky., October 30, 1889 |
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| Post Headquarters, Fort Thomas On Cochran Avenue |
Officers Row, Fort Thomas |
Post Exchange, Fort Thomas |
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| Fort Thomas Amphitheater | Tent City at the Fort |
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| Hospital, Fort Thomas |
Mess Hall, Fort Thomas |
Service Club, Fort Thomas |
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| The Armory. c. WWI | Commissary, c. WWI | Fort Thomas Scene |
“The price paid by the government for the new Newport (Ky.) barracks was $48,000 for 111 acres. The tract is situated about four miles from Newport. A view of twenty miles of the surrounding country is one of the attractions of the place. It is near the Ohio river and is well drained. There is sufficient ground for a rifle range. Railroad trains and steamboats pass the grounds daily. It is directly opposite the little Miami river.” Indianapolis News, August 3, 1887 |
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| At Entrance of Y.M.C.A. Building, Fort Thomas |
Library at the YMCA | Inside of the Fort Thomas YMCA, 1918 |
Another Y.M.C.A. Building, Fort Thomas |
The Rifle Range for Fort Thomas
Campbell County's Rifle Range Road is so named because it's where the solders stationed
at Fort Thomas were marched for target practice.
from a Facebook post by Erik Geiman
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| Army YMCA, Fort Thomas Roughly where the playground is today at the Fort. (Thanks to Eric Geiman for identifying the location) |
A whoop-de-do at the Mess Hall, |
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The Chapel at the Fort, c. 1941
from a Facebook post by Patty Stanger Ludwig, picturing her father.
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| The Chapel (*fun facts) |
Inspection at the Barracks | Splinter City | The Mess Hall |
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| Company Barracks | Fitting Shoes (*trivia), | New Recruits | New Brick Barracks |
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The New Brick Barracks |
Interior of Mess |
Finance Office, Fort |
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Target Practice, c. 1910 |
Looking west toward the domiciliary, 1946 |
| Target practice wasn't always done at the Fort
itself. Troops were sometimes marched to a location down on the Licking River, off Licking Pike for target practice. Hence the name, “Rifle Range Road.” Background buildings indicate, however, that this image was taken at the Fort. |
“Hi, Honey, I thought you might like this card for your collection as in this building the old master eats, sleeps, and works, Love and kisses, Eddie.”
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| Plaque currently inside the Mess Hall |
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Knights of Columbus Hall, Fort Thomas |
Barracks, Fort Thomas |
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The above eight pages are all Fort Scenes from just before
World War I.
Each image has captions at the bottom of it.
| Cincinnati, July 18. - General Phil Sheridan was here today
looking after a new site for the United States Army Barracks at
Newport, Ky. He said: “Twelve sites are offered. The
object is to get much more ground in a location out of the reach of
the high water in the Ohio River. I shall stay here until I
inspect all of the sites.” - New York Times, July 19, 1887. |
