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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 ...
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 Fort Laramie site was one of a number of so-called "hog ranches" that appeared along trails in Wyoming. [3] Located about 3 miles (4.8 km) from old Fort Laramie, the ranch was established in 1873 by Jules Ecoffey and Adolph Cuny as a trading post and saloon. The next year prostitution was added as a further attraction. [3]
General William T. Sherman (third from left) and Commissioners in council with chiefs and headmen, Fort Laramie, 1868 Signed April 29 – November 6, 1868 [a] Location Fort Laramie, Wyoming Negotiators Indian Peace Commission Signatories United States Brulé Oglala Arapaho Miniconjou Yanktonai Ratifiers US Senate Language English Full text Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 at Wikisource The Treaty ...
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 ...
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.
South Pass (elevation 7,412 ft (2,259 m) and 7,550 ft (2,300 m)) is a route across the Continental Divide, in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Wyoming.It lies in a broad high region, 35 miles (56 km) wide, between the nearly 14,000 ft (4,300 m) Wind River Range to the north and the over 8,500 ft (2,600 m) Oregon Buttes [3] and arid, saline near-impassable Great Divide Basin to the south.
This event took place east of Fort Laramie, located in the Nebraska Territory, which is now part of Goshen County, Wyoming. A small contingent of soldiers entered a large Sioux camp to apprehend an individual accused of killing a settler's cow, despite the fact that such issues were supposed to be resolved by the US Indian agent according to ...