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Fort Laramie (Images of America)

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Fort Laramie used to be one of the essential frontier outposts of the American West. Founded as the trading post Fort William in 1834, the fort become a U.S. military post in 1849. Beginning in 1841, emigrants stopped at Fort Laramie at the same time as traveling the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails. Fort Laramie served as a gathering place for thousands of Native Americans and hosted the 1851 and 1868 treaty councils. When the treaties failed, the post become the staging area for campaigns that finally led to the tribes’s confinement on reservations. Fort Laramie used to be abandoned by the military in 1890; the buildings were auctioned and served private interests throughout the homestead period from 1890 to 1937. Fort Laramie used to be acquired by the state of Wyoming in 1937, and the fort become a unit of the National Park System in 1938. Fort Laramie National Historic Web page is open day-to-day with the exception of New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. The restoration of many structures to their historical appearance provides visitors with a glimpse of the past.

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