The Army Post on the Northern Plains 1865-1885
Gering, NE: Oregon Train Museum Association, 1962. Reprint edition. Presumed second printing thus. Wraps. 27, [1] pages plus covers. Footnotes. Map (not paginated). Table of Military Posts in Northern Plains States. Roy H. Mattison was the Historian of the Region Two Office, National Park Service, Omaha, Nebraska. At the time of this publication, he had contributed about two dozen articles to history magazines, largely in the midwest and northern plains region. This particular study was the by-product of the historical program which was conducted by the Missouri River Basin Recreation Survey, National Park Service. Originally published in Nebraska History Volume XXXV Number 1 in March 1954, the Nebraska State Historical Society gave permission to the Oregon Trail Museum Association to reprint it. Ray Harold Mattison was born on September 15, 1903 near Belgrade, Nebraska. He attended Wayne State College. After earning a teaching certificate, and a BA in education, Mattison completed an MA in history, and participated in doctorate coursework. Mattison joined the Bureau of Reclamation in 1940, and worked as a tour guide at Boulder Dam. However, Mattison spent the majority of his career in the U.S. National Park Service. He worked in several U.S. National Park Service sites, and also served as a historian in Omaha for the Park Service for fifteen years. Mattison's articles were mostly published in historical journals originating from the Midwest. Then, in 1965, Mattison served as the Superintendent of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. But because of political issues with the governor, Mattison retired to Tucson, Arizona in 1969. Mattison died on October 6, 1980 in Arizona. More