Fort Laramie National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
Originally established as a private fur trading fort in 1834, Fort Laramie evolved into the largest and best known military post on the Northern Plains before its abandonment in 1890. This “grand old post” witnessed the entire sweeping saga of America’s western expansion and Indian resistance to encroachment on their territories.
Fort Laramie National Historic Site - Wikipedia
Fort Laramie (/ ˈ l ær ə m i /; founded as Fort William and known for a while as Fort John) was a significant 19th-century trading post, diplomatic site, and military installation located at the confluence of the Laramie and the North Platte Rivers.
Plan Your Visit - Fort Laramie National Historic Site (U.S.
2023年5月3日 · Give yourself a minimum of two hours to explore the site and the history of Fort Laramie. Start your tour at the visitor center located in the restored 1884 Commissary Storehouse where you can view an 18-minute orientation film, tour our museum and browse in our award winning bookstore.
History & Culture - Fort Laramie National Historic Site (U.S.
Here, for 56 years successive waves of trappers, traders, Native Americans, missionaries, emigrants, soldiers, miners, ranchers and homesteaders interacted and left their mark on a place that would become famous in the history of the American west - Fort Laramie.
Fort Laramie National Historic Site
2023年11月13日 · Established as a fur trading fort in 1834, Fort Laramie evolved into the largest and best known military post on the Northern Plains before its abandonment. This unique historic place preserves and interprets one of America's most important locations in the history of westward expansion and Indian resistance.
Trapper's Trail - Wikipedia
The Trapper's Trail or Trappers' Trail is a north-south path along the eastern base of the Rocky Mountains that links the Great Platte River Road at Fort Laramie and the Santa Fe Trail at Bent's Old Fort.
Park Archives: Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Fort Laramie soon became the principal military outpost on the Northern Plains. The fort was also the primary hub for transportation and communication through the central Rocky Mountain region as emigrant trails, stage lines, the Pony Express, and the transcontinental telegraph all passed through the post.
Fort Laramie NHS Cultural Landscape (U.S. National Park Service)
2019年12月30日 · The landscape of Fort Laramie is nationally significant for its role in the development of the western United States. Fort Laramie embraces the entire spectrum of westward expansion from the hey-day of mountain men, the long period of the overland migrations, major treaty councils with indigenous tribes and the conflicts that followed, to the ...
Fort Laramie National Historic Site - Tripadvisor
A visitor to Fort Laramie Natl. Historic Site can see most of the Old Fort in a few hours. Or one could spend the whole day if western history is of interest. A visit will entail a good bit of walking, so comfortable shoes are recommended.
Fort Laramie, An Overlooked Trove Of American History
Fort Laramie was a sprawling post in 1870. The Laramie River cuts between the wooden and stone buildings in the background and the tents in the foreground/NPS Archives.