Deer Creek Station

Deer Creek Station (HM1QDU)

Location: Glenrock, WY 82637 Converse County
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N 42° 51.612', W 105° 52.314'

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Deer Creek Station, which once stood on the site of present- day Glenrock near the confluence of Deer Creek and the North Platte River, became a familiar landmark along the Oregon-California-Mormon Trail between 1857 and 1866.
The station began with Joseph Bissonette's Trading Post, also known as Dakota City. The mountain man's store, post office, blacksmith shop, corrals, and hotel-saloon, served the needs of a variety of visitors. They included photographer William Henry Jackson during his days as a freighter, stage passengers such as British author, Sir Richard Burton, a party of Lutheran missionaries who remained in the area from 1859-1864, troops en route to Salt Lake City during the Utah war and in the winter of 1859-1860, an expedition of the Army Corps of Topographical Engineers under Captain William F. Raynolds. From 1857 to 1861, the post also was a trading center for the nearby Upper Platte Indian Agency, located about three and a half miles upstream along Deer Creek. Beginning in April of 1860, Pony Express Riders exchanged mounts here at Deer Creek Station. The Pony Express experiment, however, ended abruptly in October 1861. The completion of the first transcontinental telegraph meant that clicking telegraph keys quickly replaced pounding hooves.
Indian-white hostilities escalated after the Civil War began, prompting troops from Fort Laramie to erect a military installation across the road from the trading post in 1862. From Deer Creek, troops sought to protect the telegraph line and travelers along the trail. Intensifying conflicts between the soldiers and Indians ultimately forced Bissonette to abandon his establishment in the fall of 1864. Indians finally burned Deer Creek Station on August 18, 1866. This incident marked the closing of an important chapter of Wyoming's early history
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HM NumberHM1QDU
Series This marker is part of the Oregon Trail series
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Placed ByWyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources
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Date Added Tuesday, January 5th, 2016 at 9:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)13T E 428771 N 4745659
Decimal Degrees42.86020000, -105.87190000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 51.612', W 105° 52.314'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 51' 36.72" N, 105° 52' 18.84" W
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Area Code(s)307
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Closest Postal AddressAt or near 415 W Cedar St, Glenrock WY 82637, US
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