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	Fort Tours \| Fort Laramie
		Fort William, Fort John, and Fort Laramie were all important stopping off places for the increasing number of travelers along the trails to Oregon and California.
		The fort witnessed the development of the open range cattle industry, the coming of homesteaders, and the settlement of the plains that marked the closing of the frontier.
		The buildings that remain today at Fort Laramie are a result of several individuals homesteading the area and thus forestalling the disappearance of the buildings.
	www.forttours.com /pages/tocftlaramie.asp (1252 words)

	Fort Laramie Home Page
		Fort Laramie, the military post, was founded in 1849 when the army purchased the old Fort John for $4000, and began to build a military outpost along the Oregon Trail.
		Fort Laramie was always an open fort that depended upon its location and its garrison of troops for security.
		During the latter part of the 1860s, troops from Fort Laramie were involved in supplying and reinforcing the forts along the Bozeman Trail, until the Treaty of 1868 was signed.
	www.nps.gov /fola/laramie.htm (693 words)

	Terraplus: Case Histories • Geophysics For Archaeology Assessment: Fort William Discovered? Fort Laramie National ...
		Fort William, antecedent of present day Fort Laramie, was built at the confluence of the Laramie and North Platte Rivers in 1834.
		One of the early mountain men, William Sublette, established a fort in 1834 near the confluence of the North Platte and Laramie Rivers, in southeastern Wyoming, near the present town of Fort Laramie.
		Fort William, built in 1834 and occupied through 1841, is reported, in historical records, to be located in the southwest quarter of section 22, T26N, R64W, Goshen County, Wyoming.
	www.terraplus.ca /case-histories/dave3.htm (1229 words)

	The Pioneer Story/Trail Location/Fort Laramie
		At Fort Laramie, Brigham Young's vanguard company met an advance party of the Mississippi Saints who had wintered with the sick detachment of the Mormon Battalion at Pueblo.
		Fort Laramie would also play a role in one of the great tragedies in Mormon history.
		In the late fall of 1856, the Willie Handcart Company failed to obtain additional provisions while at the fort, a circumstance that proved fatal for many members of the company when they were caught in early snows only 130 miles to the west of Fort Laramie.
	www.lds.org /gospellibrary/pioneer/22_Fort_Laramie.html (1097 words)

	Fort Laramie
		The fort was begun by fur traders as Fort William in 1834 where the North Platte and Laramie rivers meet.
		In 1850 the high tide of emigration passes Fort Laramie, nearly 50,000 people, and the first Post Office in Wyoming is established in the fort on March 14, the oldest continously operating post office in Wyoming.
		In the 1850s, one of the main functions of the troops stationed at the fort was patrolling and maintaining the security of a lengthy stretch of the Oregon Trail In 1853 the Platte Ferry, just north of Fort Laramie, is seized by the Sioux.
	hem.passagen.se /tehila/laramie.htm (1885 words)

	Oregon-California Trails Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		For the remainder of its institutional existence, the name "Fort Laramie" became virtually synonymous with the frontier itself as the post served as a way station for emigrants and a principal staging area for what came to be known as the "Indian Wars".
		With the completion of the transcontinental railroad in 1869 and the imposition of reservation existence upon the indigenous population during the 70s and 80s, the role of Fort Laramie steadily diminished.
		The Fort is commanded by a Major Anderson [Major Winslow Sanderson of the Regiment of Mounted Rifles-footnote], he is a fine man. There are 250 soldiers and some 12 families.
	www.octa-trails.org /JumpingOffToday/VirtualTour/FortLaramie.asp (1416 words)

	Pocket Tour of Ft. Laramie, Wyoming
		Laramie is unique in that it existed for nearly the entire period of western conquest and settlement, albeit not always as a military post.
		Fort Laramie remained the only permanent established military post in what is now Wyoming for a decade, with no substantial permanent post to be established elsewhere in Wyoming until after Red Cloud's War, following the Civil War.
		Laramie, through the administration of the National Park Service, is a wonderful window into the past, and is particularly fascinating to the student of the frontier military.
	www.militaryhorse.org /tours/laramie (1362 words)

	Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Wyoming (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Although Fort Laramie National Historic Site and the town of Laramie are both in southeastern Wyoming, they are a considerable distance from each other, about eighty miles as the crow flies or about 110 miles by road.
		Fort Laramie National Historic Site is situated to the northeast of the town of Laramie, near the small town of Fort Laramie, on US26, not all that far from the town of Torrington, Wyoming.
		What to See and Do Fort Laramie is not a wooden stockade as you might imagine from the very misleading depiction of it in many western films and television series, but in fact it consists of a series of separate buildings set around a large open parade ground.
	www.grouptravels.com /usa_can/natmons/flar.htm (193 words)

	Fort Laramie Photos
		The fort changed from a fur trading establishment to one serving the emigrants and then was sold to the military to protect the line of communications to California.
		While generally referred to by fort employees as "Fort Laramie," it was named Fort John, after John Sarpy, a partner in the American Fur Company and maintained its importance on the Oregon Trail and Mormon Trail.
		Fort Platte was established in 1840-1841 by Lancaster Platt Lupton (1807-1885).
	www.wyomingtalesandtrails.com /photos.html (2700 words)

	TheHistoryNet \| Wild West \| Fort Laramie: Gateway to the Far West (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		The fort, which became a military post over 150 years ago, protected and supplied emigrants headed to the West Coast and was the site of several historic peace conferences between the northern tribes and the U.S. government.
		From its inception, the fort acted as a contact point between whites and the native population of the region.
		Since the fort was situated on the edge of the Plains, trees around it quickly disappeared, forcing lumber and firewood details to travel 40 to 50 miles to Laramie Peak to supply the fort's needs.
	www.historynet.com /magazines/wild_west/3030806.html (1215 words)

	Fort Laramie National Historic Site - Areaparks.com
		Soon to be known as Fort Laramie, it rested at a location that would quickly prove to be the path of least resistance across a continent.
		In 1849 as the Gold Rush of California drew more westward, Fort Laramie became a military post, and for the next 41 years, would shape major events as the struggle between two cultures for domination of the northern plains increased into conflict.
		Fort Laramie closed, along with the frontier it helped shape and influence in 1890.
	fortlaramie.areaparks.com (254 words)

	Fort Laramie
		Located near the confluence of the Platte and Laramie rivers, the outpost was originally known as Fort William, in honor of William Sublette, the captain of the mountain men who first camped here on the night of 30 May 1834.
		In 1843, close to a thousand emigrants, including children, passed by the fort and, in the years that followed, it became increasingly evident that the primary role of the fort had become supplying the westward expansion.
		In 1890, the fort was abandoned and the 35,000 acre military reserve was opened for homesteading.
	wyoshpo.state.wy.us /trailsdemo/ftlrmie.htm (508 words)

	Fort Laramie
		FORT LARAMIE is a close relative of GUNSMOKE since it had the same producer-director, same writers, same sound effects men, and many of the same actors.
		The fort also served as a station for the Overland Stage, the short-lived Pony Express, and a supply depot for the lengthy military campaigns against the Sioux and the Cheyenne under Sitting Bull in the 1870s.
		FORT LARAMIE was an honest reflection of the difficulties of life on an isolated military post in the early 1880s.
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	Fort Laramie
		Fort Laramie is one of the posts established by the American Fur Company, who well-nigh monopolize the Indian trade of this whole region.
		The little fort is built of bricks dried in the sun, and externally is of an oblong form, with bastions of clay, in the form of ordinary blockhouses, at two of the corners.
		Fort Laramie was formerly only a trading post of a French fur company, where the Indians and white hunters bartered various articles for furs.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /WWfortlaramie.htm (1767 words)

	Fort Laramie National Historic Site - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fort Laramie National Historic Site, located in present-day Goshen County, Wyoming in the United States, was a significant 19th century trading post and later a military outpost of the United States Army.
		Many of the Army's military campaigns in the Indian Wars were conducted from the headquarters at the fort, and it gave its name to two treaties, the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851) and the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868); each was an important agreement between whites and Native Americans regarding white settlement.
		The fort is located along the lower Laramie River near its mouth on the North Platte River, across the river from the modern town of Fort Laramie in Goshen County, Wyoming.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_Laramie (466 words)

	Fort William
		Fort William was established near the mouth of the Yellowstone River, about three miles below the American Fur Company’s Fort Union.
		The interior of the fort is about 150 feet square, surrounded by small cabins whose roofs reach within 3 feet of the top of the palisades against which they abut.
		In 1838 the fort continued to be generally known as Fort William, however, references to Fort Laramie are beginning to appear.
	home.att.net /~mman/FortWilliam.htm (1426 words)

	Ft. Laramie National Historic Site Index Page
		Forts were established as trade centers and later as protection and supply posts for these westward bound Americans.
		The site that became known as Fort Laramie was established as a trading post called Fort William in 1834, ten years prior to the peak of westward migration, and in 1849 it became a military post.
		The fort was closed in 1890, and during the early years of the Depression, hope for saving the fort dwindled.
	www.npca.org /stateoftheparks/fortlaramie (346 words)

	Oregon Trail: Fort Laramie
		Whatever the moniker, the fort was one of the few places along the entire Oregon Trail where travelers could restock their provisions, albeit at clip-joint prices.
		Fort Laramie was now a safe haven for the emigrants, and also headquarters for various military campaigns.
		Later, the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 led to yet another disgrace, as our government once more selfishly disregarded agreements it had made when gold was found in the Black Hills.
	www.trailsandgrasslands.org /laramie.html (790 words)

	Tales of Old Fort Laramie
		The Brulé band of the Teton Dakota frequented the area around Fort Laramie, and the teen-aged daughter of their chief, Spotted Tail, was reportedly entranced with the pageantry and pomp of the military.
		The Fort Laramie Treaty Council of 1851 was attended by the largest gathering of Plains Indians ever acomplished on the high plains of North America.
		The Fort Laramie Treaty Council benefited from the involvement of several men whose reputations among the Indians were as broad and sturdy as the high plains themselves!.
	www.muskingum.edu /~rmunkres/military/Laramie/Tales.html (7465 words)

	Fort Laramie (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		This post, eventually known as Fort Laramie, sat in a location that proved to be the most-traveled route on the westward migration.
		In the case of Fort Laramie, the cost to construct such features was prohibitive, and so it was always open relying on its physical position and the troops stationed there for protection.
		The buildings remaining at Fort Laramie today are a result of several individuals homesteading the area and thus averting the complete disappearance of the remaining structures.
	www.scsc.k12.ar.us /2003outwest/LachowskyR/FortLaramie.htm (937 words)

	NPS Historical Handbook: Fort Laramie
		Beyond Fort Laramie the ravages of disease abated, but already many trains were short of men and stock.
		That winter was mild and uneventful at Fort Laramie, but by early May 1850 the high tide of westward migration began.
		The graves along the trail east of Fort Laramie were only outnumbered by the bodies of dead draft animals and piles of abandoned property westward toward South Pass.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/hh/20/hh20g.htm (554 words)

	Fort Laramie - Colorado Trip 2003
		In a sense, one could say that the buildings made up the fort’s “walls.” But, that would not be entirely accurate, because the buildings were not close enough to form a solid barrier.
		I don’t know if it was the outstanding guided tour or the isolated location, but I felt that my time at Fort Laramie truly imparted to me a feeling of what this part of the Old West must have been like over 100 years ago.
		For that reason, I have to recommend that a visit to Fort Laramie is worth the detour for anyone traveling in eastern Wyoming.
	home.ix.netcom.com /~mikvs/03/FtLaramie.htm (1545 words)

	Ft Laramie on the Oregon-Trail
		The fort was soon sold to the American Fur Company, and they rebuilt it as an adobe structure in 1841.
		The fur trade was in decline by then and fur traders would be gone from Ft. Laramie by 1849, when the army bought them out and embarked on a major expansion.
		The Trail near Ft. Laramie was littered with heirloom furniture, stoves and food.
	www.isu.edu /~trinmich/FtLaramie.html (469 words)

	Fort Laramie, Wyoming - Crossroads to the West
		Though it was not a military fort at first, it was called Fort William and soon became known as a place of safety, as settlers moved across the continent.
		In 1841, Fort John was constructed, replacing the original wooden stockade of Fort William.
		It was named for John Sarpy, a partner in the American Fur Company, but was more commonly called Fort Laramie by employees and travelers.
	www.legendsofamerica.com /WY-FortLaramie.html (868 words)

	Fort Laramie National Historic Site (Eastern Wyoming, Wyoming) \| Frommers.com
		Looking at the confluence of the Laramie and Platte rivers, then to the east, across the dusty plains, and then to the west, toward the mountains, he decided that this was a good place for a trading post.
		Over the next 15 years, the fort served as a hub of the buffalo trade, then as a way station for weary travelers who needed a break on their way to the Pacific.
		The Army corralled the Indians onto reservations, the railroad replaced the wagon trails, the beaver and the buffalo were exterminated; the fort closed down in 1890.
	www.frommers.com /destinations/fortlaramienationalhistoricsite (323 words)

	Historical Wyoming Tidbits - Fort Laramie
		The log stockade of Fort William was then replaced by an adobe fort (named Fort John for partner John Sarpy) that became an important Indian trading center.
		n 1849, as the flood of emigrants triggered increasing conflict with Wyoming's native peoples, Fort Laramie was purchased by the Army, which expanded it dramatically and stocked it with soldiers.
		The fort was the site of the Fort Laramie Treaties of 1851 and 1868 and served as a vital outpost, providing supplies and repairs for emigrants and military expeditions.
	www.wyomingbnb-ranchrec.com /History.FortLaramie.html (440 words)

	Fort Laramie Photos
		In 1849, the Fort was sold by the American Fur Company to the military, officially renamed Fort Laramie, and was rebuilt to the configuaration now seen as a part of the national monument.
		The Fort was decommissioned in 1890 and made a national monument in 1938.
		The store at Fort Laramie was constructed in 1849 and received several additions over the years, the most recent being an 1883 addition housing the Officers' Club and the enlisted men's bar.
	userpages.aug.com /bdobson/photos.html (1178 words)

	Amazon.com: Fort Laramie in 1876: Chronicle of a Frontier Post at War: Books: Paul L. Hedren (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-19)
		Using Fort Laramie as the backdrop from which to discuss this important episode in American history, Hedren analyzes in lively fashion the Big Horn, Yellowstone, and Powder River expeditions against the Sioux conducted by Gen. George Crook.
		Hedren's focus is always on Fort Laramie and its contributions to the war in terms of personnel, equipment, commanders, communications, and logistics.
		Fort Laramie in 1876 captures the essence of the military outpost at war.
	www.amazon.com /Fort-Laramie-1876-Chronicle-Frontier/dp/0803223455 (1150 words)

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