unit is historically correct in every possible aspect; bugle calls used by the cavalry can be heard at differing times to announce the activities of the troop at the fort. Depiction in fiction In the novel Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne, a train in the process of being hijacked by Sioux stops at Fort Kearny to request aid from the troops there. Such an event is somewhat of an anachronism, given that the conflicts with Native Americans had largely shifted away from the area by the time of the completion of the railroad. The fort is prominently mentioned and described as a stop along the Oregon Trail in 1855 in the novel "Westward Hearts (Homeward on the Oregon Trail Book 1)" by Melody Carlson, 2012 chapter 25. Fort Kearny also appears in the short-lived television western drama series The Loner starring actor Lloyd Bridges. The series, created and written by Rod Serling of "The Twilight Zone" fame, takes place in the late 1860s and features the fort in an episode titled "Westward the Shoemaker". The "Westward..." episode concerns an Eastern European Jewish immigrant who seeks a new life in Nebraska Territory as a bootmaker but runs afoul of a card shark. The fort is mentioned in the introduction to an episode of the TV series Wagon Train, "The Willy Moran Story" as the next destination of the settlers. The fort is also referenced in the HBO television series Deadwood in episode 5 of the first series as the closest place to find smallpox vaccine. The fort is mentioned in the 2014 film The Homesman, as the post Tommy Lee Jones character was stationed when a soldier with the U.S. Dragoons. The fort is a stop in the Oregon Trail video game. The fort is mentioned in the Song "One Black Sheep" by Mat Kearney See also Dobytown, Nebraska Fort Phil Kearny Mormon Trail Landmarks of the Nebraska Territory Pony Express References Further reading Barnes, Jeff. Forts of the Northern Plains: Guide to Historic Military Posts of the Plains Indian Wars. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2008. External links Fort Kearny State Historical Park Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Fort Kearny State Historical Park and State Recreation Area Maps Nebraska Game and Parks Commission Kearny 1848 establishments in the United States 1871 disestablishments in Nebraska Archaeological sites in Nebraska California Trail Kearny Mormon Trail State parks of Nebraska