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The Fort Laramie National Monument was established, which became the Fort Laramie National Historic Site in 1960. [ 15 ] In a 1983 document, the National Park Service (NPS) describes a 536-acre historic district within the larger national historic site containing all of the historic structures, buildings, ruins, and sites, as well as a separate ...
Wyoming Highway 160 is a short route at only 1.08 miles (1.74 km) in length that provides access to the Fort Laramie National Historic Site and areas west and southwest of Fort Laramie. Highway 160 begins at Goshen CR 53 [ 2 ] and travels east, passing north of the Fort Laramie Historic Site.
Fort Laramie is a town in Goshen County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 206 at the 2020 census . The town is named after historic Fort Laramie , an important stop on the Oregon , California and Mormon trails, as well as a staging point for various military excursions and treaty signings.
The Snowy Range Ski Area, about 30 miles (48 km) west of Laramie off Wyoming Highway 130, offers downhill skiing and snowboarding on 27 trails ranging in difficulty from beginner to expert. [46] Laramie is a center for mountain biking. Mountain bike trails meander through forests in the Laramie Range and the Snowy Range.
After crossing the South Platte River the Oregon Trail follows the North Platte River out of Nebraska into Wyoming. Fort Laramie, at the junction of the Laramie River and the North Platte River, was a major stopping point. Fort Laramie was a former fur trading outpost originally named Fort John that was purchased in 1848 by the U.S. Army to ...
Fort Steele I-80 east / WYO 130 east / WYO 230 east – Walcott, Laramie, Saratoga: Eastern end of I-80 overlap; I-80 exit 235: Hanna: WYO 72 – Hanna, Elk Mountain: Medicine Bow: WYO 487 – Casper: Albany: Rock River: WYO 13 – McFadden, Arlington: Bosler: WYO 34 – Wheatland: Laramie: I-80 BL west (Curtis Street) Western end of I-80 BL ...
Bozeman Trail marker, Wyoming, 2003. Today, a modern highway route covers roughly the same general route as the historic Bozeman Trail. The route consists of Interstate 25 from Douglas, Wyoming to Buffalo, Wyoming; Interstate 90 from Buffalo via Sheridan, Wyoming to Bozeman, Montana MT Hwy 84; and U.S. Route 287 to Virginia City, Montana.
Wyoming Highway 157 is an L-shaped route [2] [3] 7.99 miles (12.86 km) in length, and is located west of the town of Lingle.Approximately the first 2 miles (3.2 km) run north–south and the remaining 5 miles (8.0 km) east–west. [3]