For the most part, the "fort" was still just a bivouac of hundreds of tents in the late summer of 1867 when it became the center of a war with the plains tribes over the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway parallel to the trail.
For the most part, the "fort" functioned as a makeshift camp for hundreds of tents in late summer 1867, which later became the central location for a conflict between the plains tribes and European-American forces over the construction of the Kansas Pacific Railway, following an established trade route.