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FORT LARAMIE NATIONAL MONUMENT · WYOMING
Contents
Early Fur Trade on the Platte, 1812-30
Fort William, the First “Fort Laramie,” 1834
Fort Platte and Fort John on the Laramie
The First Emigrants
The Mormon Migrations, 1847-48
Fort Laramie Becomes a Military Post
The California Gold Rush
The Fort Laramie Treaty Council, 1851
The Emigrant Tide and Indian Troubles, 1852-53
The Grattan and Harney Massacres, 1854-55
Handcart to Pony Express, 1856-61
The Civil War and the Uprising of the Plains Indians
Peace Talk and War on the Bozeman Trail, 1866-68
The Treaty of 1868
The Fight for the Black Hills
Last Years of the Army Post, 1877-90
The Homesteaders Take Over
Efforts to Preserve the Fort
Guide to the Area
1. CAVALRY BARRACKS—INFORMATION CENTER.
2. THE SUTLER’S STORE.
3. OFFICERS’ QUARTERS.
4. OFFICERS’ QUARTERS.
5. SITE OF BARRACKS.
6. MAGAZINE.
7. “OLD BEDLAM.”
8. OFFICERS’ QUARTERS RUINS.
9. SITE OF FORT JOHN.
10. OFFICERS’ QUARTERS.
11. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING RUINS.
12. OLD GUARDHOUSE.
13. SITE OF BARRACKS.
14. NEW GUARDHOUSE RUINS.
15. OLD BAKERY.
16. COMMISSARY STOREHOUSE.
17. HOSPITAL RUINS.
18. NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS’ QUARTERS RUIN.
OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST.
How to Reach Fort Laramie
Administration
Related Areas
Facilities
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES
Transcriber’s Notes
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