hugh reilly: all of the indian wars fought in the region were kind of directed out of this area. so it would have been instrumental even the little bighorn, tore the end of that, but the cheyenne outbreak, wounded knee in 1890, so all the way up to that time here. >> we're at the general kirkhouse museum. -- general crook house museum. named for general crook, who was the commander of the platte here at omaha. the house was named after him because he was the first general who lived in the home. it was twartd -- started in 18878 and finished in 1879. he was back again from 1886 to 1888. the house is celebrating its anniversary this year. it's a victorian italianate hope. had they deemed that it was going to be a permanent fort, part of the role was the homes would be brick rather than wooden structures and this was the first brick structure thats with built on the fort. after that the others followed and were built along the same kind of a victorian italianate style. one of the things the fort is known for holding standing bear during the standing bear versus crook trial. he was h