Women at the Trading Post

Women at the Trading Post (HM1PBJ)

Location: Fort Bridger, WY 82933 Uinta County
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Country: United States of America
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N 41° 19.061', W 110° 23.586'

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This archaeological excavation has helped to document the prominent roll Native American women played in the day-to-dat activities of the trading post. They traded with travelers, provided food for guests, and at times, actually ran the post.
Needles, pins, and stone tools were recovered from the floor of one of the structures. Along side these tools, beads and buttons from women's clothing and a solitary women's wedding band were found on the dirt floor of the trading post. Women living here between 1843 and 1853 labored to tan hides, manufacture and repair clothes, and grind wild seeds and newly introduced wheat. The contributions women to the economy of the trading post cannot be overlooked.
"Here are about twenty-five Indians, or rather white trapper lodges occupied by their Indian wives. They have a good supply of robes, dressed deer, elk and antelope skins, coats, pants, moccasins, and other Indian fixing, which they trade..." — Joel Palmer, 1845
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HM NumberHM1PBJ
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Date Added Sunday, November 15th, 2015 at 1:01pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)12T E 550795 N 4574201
Decimal Degrees41.31768333, -110.39310000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 41° 19.061', W 110° 23.586'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds41° 19' 3.66" N, 110° 23' 35.16" W
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Area Code(s)307
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near Groshons Rd, Fort Bridger WY 82933, US
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