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Fort Caspar was a military post of the United States Army in present-day Wyoming, named after 2nd Lieutenant Caspar Collins, a U.S. Army officer who was killed in the 1865 Battle of the Platte Bridge Station against the Lakota and Cheyenne.
Casper was established east of the former site of Fort Caspar, in an area that attracted European settlers during the mid-19th century mass migration of land seekers along the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails, [8] where several nearby ferries offered passage across the North Platte River in the early 1840s.
20-year-old 2nd Lt. Caspar W. Collins of Company G 11th Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, en route back to his company farther west from a remount detail at Fort Laramie, had arrived the afternoon before with the mail ambulance [20] and was ordered by Anderson to lead the relief. Bretney had no authority to countermand the order but advised Collins to ...
Location of Natrona County in Wyoming. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Natrona County, Wyoming. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Natrona County, Wyoming, United States. The locations of National Register properties and ...
Casper was established in 1888 east of the former site of Fort Caspar, which was built about 1859 during the mass migration along the Oregon, California, Mormon and Bozeman trails. [14] Near what is now Casper was the location of several ferries that offered passage across the North Platte River during the summer "Trail season" starting about 1847.
(Wyoming Territory was transferred from the Department of Dakota on July 25, ... Fort Caspar (1866 - 1867) Fort David A. Russell (1867 - 1930) Fort Fetterman (1867 ...
If your idea of the ideal retirement is to be surrounded by lots of empty space and not many people, then Wyoming is the place to go.The Equality State is the least populated state in America ...
He decided to name the new corps the Troopers to honor the 11th Ohio Cavalry Regiment, a United States Army unit stationed at Fort Caspar, Wyoming Territory, to protect supply trains during the Indian Wars of the 19th Century. In order to fund the new corps, Jones took out a $4,000 loan to purchase drums and bugles. [2]