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	Fort Bridger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort Bridger was a 19th century fur trading outpost established in 1842 near present-day Evanston, Wyoming in the western United States.
		With the arrival of the Mormon pioneers in 1847, disputes arose between Bridger and the new settlers.
		In 1928, Fort Bridger was sold to the Wyoming Historic Landmark Commission for preservation as a historic monument.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Bridger (251 words)

	Jim Bridger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bridger had an extraordinarily strong constitution that allowed him to survive the extreme conditions he encountered walking the Rocky Mountains from what would become southern Colorado to the Canadian border.
		Bridger began his colorful career in 1822 at the age of 17, as a member of General William Ashley's Upper Missouri Expedition.
		Bridger Pass would later be the chosen route for both the Union Pacific Railroad and later Interstate 80.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Bridger (660 words)

	Fort Bridger
		Bridger's fort is composed of two double log houses about forty feet long each and joined by a pen for horses about ten feet high constructed by placing poles upright in the ground close together, which is all the appearance of a fort in sight.
		Bridger's Fort consists of two long, low, rough cabins built in the form of an L with a small enclosure for stock built of upright poles.
		Bridger was guilty of trying to use the burning of the fort in 1857 by the Mormons to dramatize his losses in the 1853 raid.
	www.ldshistory.net /fbridger.htm (10441 words)

	Fort Bridger Over the past four summers archaeological excavations at Fort Bridger ...
		The oldest photograph of Fort Bridger shows that by 1857 there was very little vegetation near the post and all cottonwoods and conifers that may have once grown around the compound had been cut down.
		From 1900 to present, the environment at Fort Bridger was dissimilar to the surrounding area, due to the fact it lay along the banks of the Black's Fork River.
		In less than 100 years the area around Fort Bridger went from a wet meadow, to a sage brush/greasewood/grassland, that soon became a barren overgrazed valley; reclaimed at least in the minds of the military, as a wooded bottomland.
	www.wwcc.cc.wy.us /wyo_hist/fort_bridger.htm (2786 words)

	Utah History Encyclopedia
		The fort ownership remained unchallenged until the arrival in 1847 of the Mormon pioneers, who settled 104 miles southwest of the fort in the Salt Lake Valley.
		Bridger wrote a letter to General B.F. Butler, a U.S. Senator, in October 1853 claiming he was "robbed and threatened with death by the Mormons" and that over $l00,000 of his goods and supplies had been stolen.
		The fort again became a point of contention in the fall of 1857 when the U.S. Army, under the command of General Albert Sidney Johnston, marched across the high plains, determined to use the fort as a base to enter Utah Territory and quell the reported seditious activities of the Mormons.
	www.media.utah.edu /UHE/f/FORTBRIDGER.html (855 words)

	The Overland Trail: Fort Bridger - Last updated 05/15/00 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fort Bridger was was established in the Rockies in 1843 by Mountain Men, Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail.
		His ranch and fort proved to be one of the main hubs of westward expansion since it was so situated that he was soon trading with Mormons, gold hunters, pilgrims, the military, mountain men and Indians.
		The name Fort Bridger was retained as a compliment to the early hunter, trapper, guide, and scout.
	www.over-land.com /ftbridger.html (331 words)

	History
		Fort Bridger was originally established as a trading post by Jim Bridger and his partner, Louis Vasquez, in 1843.
		Jim Bridger was born in 1804 in Richmond, Virginia, and moved to St. Louis as a young boy.
		Because of an uprising by Ute Indians in Colorado, Fort Bridger was reactivated on June 28, 1880.
	www.bridgervalleychamber.com /html/body_history.html (1166 words)

	Fort Bridger Historic Site -- Evanston, Wyoming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fort Bridger, as the case of Fort Laramie and as indicated by the photos below, had three distinct periods, (a.) a privately owned and operated facility, established in 1843 by Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez; (b.) a military post; and (c.) a partially restored museum.
		Fort Bridger, 1849 view from Stanbuy Expedition below left, unlike most other forts on the Oregon Trail, was founded as a privately owned and operated facility to provide provisions, at outrageous prices, to emigrants on the Oregon Trail.
		The school at Fort Bridger was established in 1860 by the fort sutler, Judge William A. Carter, with its first teacher being Fannie Foot.
	www.evanstonwy.org /tourism/fort-bridger.asp (749 words)

	Fort Bridger Photos
		Fort Bridger, as the case of Fort Laramie and as indicated by the photos on this and the next pages, had three distinct periods, (a.) a privately owned and operated facility, established in 1843 by Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez; (b.) a military post; and (c.) a partially restored museum.
		The original fort was burned down during the Mormon War in 1857, along with Ft. Supply 12 miles to the Southwest, by the L.D.S. The Mormons claimed, over Bridger's denials, they had purchased the fort from Vasquez.
		Bridger and Vasquez's name was signed by H. Morrell in the presence of Alinerin Grow and William A. Hickman, purportedly pursuant to a power of attorney.
	www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com /bridger.html (795 words)

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		Bridger spent the fall of 1823 and the following winter and spring of 1824 trapping and wintering in the Bighorn region as part of John Weber's brigade.
		The winter of 1825-1826 was spent by Bridger and most of Ashley's men in the Salt Lake Valley in two camps: one at the mouth of the Weber River and one on the Bear.
		Bridger tried to deal with the army regarding leasing the fort under the premise that the Mormons had forced him out and stolen it from him.
	www.uen.org /ucme/media/text/ta000346.txt (1093 words)

	Fort Bridger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Fort Bridger's history is long and varied spanning every major phase of Western frontier development except the fur trade.
		Bridger's proposed intention was to establish trade with the friendly Indians in the neighborhood and with the emigrants who passed the fort on their way west.
		The two forts were then used to aid converts to the church as they traveled over the trail to Salt Lake City; to establish trade with the other emigrants; and to check the threat of Indian hostilities the Mormons claimed Bridger was promoting.
	wyoshpo.state.wy.us /fortbrid.htm (496 words)

	Ft Bridger on the Oregon-Trail
		The fort was built in 1843 specifically to serve the emigrant traffic.
		By the time he built the fort, Bridger had become the most famous mountain man in the west.
		Bridger didn't operate his fort for very long--within a decade he had moved on to other adventures.
	www.isu.edu /~trinmich/FtBridger.html (463 words)

	Oregon-California Trails Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The fort was substantially rebuilt in 1855, but abandoned and burned by the Mormons in October, 1857, upon the approach of United States troops which were part of the Utah Expedition (sometimes called "The Mormon War").
		In November, 1857, the U.S. Government leased what remained of the fort from Bridger to be used for military purposes.
		Bridger received $6,000 from the government for the improvements he had made on the site but no purchase money because he was unable to demonstrate he held clear title to the property since it was located on a nine square mile Mexican land grant.
	www.octa-trails.org /JumpingOffToday/VirtualTour/FortBridger.asp (604 words)

	Fort Bridger, Wyoming
		Fort Bridger is a town located in Uinta County, Wyoming.
		Fort Bridger is located at 41°19'7" North, 110°23'11" West (41.318716, -110.386418)
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/fo/Fort_Bridger,_Wyoming.html (369 words)

	Fort Bridger - Wyoming Ghost Town
		Established in 1843 by Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez, Fort Bridger was one of the most important stops on the Oregon Trail.
		In 1855 the fort was purchased by Mormons who were the ones using the trail the most at the time.
		At Fort Bridger, Thornburg became the devoted companion of a freighter, "Buck" Buchanan, and the favorite of many who frequented the Post.
	www.ghosttowns.com /states/wy/fortbridger.html (376 words)

	Fort Bridger Historical Association
		The Fort Bridger Historical Association is an onsite, not for profit cooperative oganization commited to assisting the Fort Bridger State Historic Site.
		Fort Bridger operated as an major western military post until late 1890 when final abandonment was ordered.
		Also known as "The Friends of Old Bridger", The Fort Bridger Historical Association was formally organized in 1983 as a chapter of the Wyoming State Hisotorical Society with members from across the United States.
	www.fortbridgerhistorical.org (170 words)

	Fort Bridger State Historic Site, Ft. Bridger, Wyoming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		There are several restored historical buildings from the military time period, a reconstruction of the trading post operated by Jim Bridger, and an interpretive archaeological site containing the base of the cobble rock wall built by the Mormons during their occupation of the Fort.
		The promised fort location, proved to be one of the main hubs of westward expansion: from mountain men and Indians to emigrants and Mormon pioneers, to the U.S. Army, the Pony Express, the Overland Stage and the Union Pacific Railroad.
		Established by Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, it was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858.
	wyoparks.state.wy.us /FBslide.htm (449 words)

	Fort Bridger. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
		Fort Bridger, village, Uinta co., SW Wyo., on Blacks Fork R., and 30 mi/48 km E of Evanston; elev.
		Fort Bridger State Historic Site (35 acres/14 ha) here.
		Later leased by Bridger to U.S. and used as fort until 1890.
	www.bartleby.com /69/4/F02304.html (105 words)

	Fort Bridger Photos
		Although Bridger could not read or write he loved to be read to, even to the extent that at one point he employed an individual to read to him.
		Bridger in 1868 told John Hunton that he had been a part of the 1821 search party which found only a half completed cabin and a broken beaver trap.
		Bridger indicated that two years later he was told by the Arapaho that they had killed LaRamee and placed his body under the ice behind a beaver dam.
	userpages.aug.com /bdobson/bridger.html (1534 words)

	Online bible encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	online-bible-encyclopedia.gussy.lomza.pl (293 words)

	Fort Bridger
		Bridger predicted the location "promises fairly" and the site saw every major development of the West pass by its doors.
		The fort welcomed mountain men and Indians, westward emigrants and Mormon pioneers, the Pony Express and Overland Stage, the Union Pacific Railroad, and the U.S. Army.
		Fort Supply is located on the south side of Uinta County Road 274, about 3 miles southwest of Robertson, Wyoming.
	wyoshpo.state.wy.us /trailsdemo/fort_bridger.htm (347 words)

	State of Wyoming - General Facts About Wyoming
		Flagstone for the building's foundation was quarried near Fort Collins, Colorado, 45 miles south of Cheyenne, while sandstone from quarries near Rawlins, Wyoming, was used in the construction of the upper floors.
		Bridger-In the summer of 1842, Mountain Man Jim Bridger announced he was building a trading post, "...in the road of the emigrants on Black's Fork of Green River." From its beginnings as a log and mud trading post, Bridger's "fort" matured into a modern frontier military post.
		The U.S. military purchased the Fort in 1849 as a base to protect and supply the growing emigration on the trails.
	wyoming.gov /state/wyoming_news/general/history.asp (2207 words)

	Fort Tours \| Fort Bridger
		After the post was abandoned, many of the buildings constructed by the army were sold at public auction and moved off of the fort grounds to become private homes, barns, bunkhouses and the like.
		Today, Fort Bridger is a state historic site and administered by Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites, Division of Parks and Cultural Resources, Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.
		The Association hopes to foster an interest in the fort's history, particularly as it relates to local history, Wyoming history, and the history of the United States in general.
	www.forttours.com /pages/tocftbridger.asp (710 words)

	JimBridger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Near the end of the fur trade Jim and his partner Louis Vasquez planned and built what was supposed to be Fort Bridger.
		This fort was located on Black's Fork of the Green River, and became an important trading post to people heading west.
		However in 1857 the fort was destroyed by the Mormons to hold back the advancement of Albert Sidney Johnson's army which was guided by Jim Bridger.
	www.ttsd.k12.or.us /schools/cft/html/Explorers/JimBridger.html (536 words)

	Fort Bridger
		But Fort Bridger was an important stop along the Oregon Trail.
		Fort Bridger was named after Jim Bridger and his partner Louis Vasquer.
		Fort Bridger was built in 1843 by Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquer.
	www.beavton.k12.or.us /greenway/leahy/ot/fort_bridger.htm (87 words)

	Mountain Man Jim Bridger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		James Bridger (Old Gabe) was in good company when he signed on with Hugh Glass, Jedediah Smith, and Thomas Fitzpatrick to be a member of General Ashley's Upper Missouri expedition.
		Bridger had a remarkable sense of humor and he especially loved to shock tenderfeet and easterners with his tall tales.
		Captain Howard Stanbury stopped at Fort Bridger and inquired about the possibility of a shorter route across the Rockies than the South Pass.
	xroads.virginia.edu /~HYPER/HNS/Mtmen/jimbrid.html (657 words)

	Body
		Bridger had dinner as the guest of Brigham Young, and talked far into the night with him and the
		According to Edgar Carter, son of the famous judge, William A. Carter was not fond of Jim Bridger.
		With the majestic north slope of the Uintas for its backdrop, the Bridger Valley is
	www.xmission.com /~plporter/lds/fbridger.htm (9658 words)

	Brent C (B.C.) Moore Journals- Heritage Gateways
		Location: Fort Bridger - 96 miles left, Wyoming - (You cross four gushing creeks, within half a mile, before you reach the Fort, and by traveling half a mile beyond the Fort, you will cross three others, and then find a good place to camp.) - 917 miles from Winter Quarters.
		Just outside of Fort Bridger, the big water tanker truck turned on the sprayers and hosed us down as it passed us on the highway.
		I met Liz back in Fort Laramie, and it was good to talk with her again.
	heritage.uen.org /journals/Wc4776dc8ddb35.htm (380 words)

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