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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 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 ...
The ruins of Fort Sanders, an army fort predating Laramie, ... Housed in the Ivinson Mansion near the center of town is the Laramie Plains Museum. [36]
The Fort Bridger Treaty Council of 1868 effectively designated the Wind River Valley as exclusive territory of the Shoshone, superseding the Crow's 1851 Fort Laramie treaty claims. In 1872, the Shoshone agreed to sell part of the reservation to the U.S., establishing the North Fork of the Popo Agie River as a southern border. [14]
Fort Laramie National Historic Site: Near Torrington, WY: Goshen: Southeast: Military: Visitor center museum with exhibits, restored fort buildings Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site: Story: Johnson: Northeast: Military: Visitor center with exhibits, tour of fort remains Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site: Sinclair: Carbon: Southeast: Fort
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]
HGTV's Home Town Takeover is back in action and in Colorado to give a full renovation to the small town of Fort Morgan.This season is set to be bigger and better than before, and to accomplish ...
The tribal headquarters is in New Town, the 18th largest city in North Dakota. Created in 1870, the reservation is a small part of the lands originally reserved to the tribes by the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851, which allocated nearly 12 million acres (49,000 km 2) in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Nebraska and Wyoming. [3] [4]