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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CHQ_cavalry-barracks_Fort-Laramie-WY.html
The building before you is the only surviving enlisted men's barracks at Fort Laramie. The building proper was completed in late 1874 and was designed to provide quarters and other needed support facilities for two companies of soldiers, The veran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CHP_commissary-storehouse_Fort-Laramie-WY.html
This building was completed in 1884. It was built as a commissary storage facility. As such it would have been primarily divided into two large storerooms: one for meat and one for flour, rice, and beans. Three or four smaller rooms would have bee…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CHO_fort-laramie-national-historic-site_Fort-Laramie-WY.html
Fort Laramie was perhaps the single most important location in America's expansion into the west. Founded in 1834 as a trading post, it became a military fort in 1849. Until it closed in 1890, Fort Laramie influenced major events in the history of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX4W_the-pony-express_Fort-Laramie-WY.html
120 celebrated riders rode 650,000 miles with only one rider killed by Indians, one schedule not completed and one mail lost.Russell · Majors · WaddellFounders · Owners · Operators
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX4V_the-pony-express_Fort-Laramie-WY.html
From April, 1860, to October, 1861, Fort Laramie was a major post on the Pony Express route between St. Joseph, Missouri and Sacramento, California.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3BG_old-army-bridge-over-the-platte-river_Fort-Laramie-WY.html
Erected in 1875. This bridge was a vital link between Cheyenne, Fort Laramie and the Military outposts, Indiana Agencies and gold fields of the Black Hills, Dakota Region.
Placed by The Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming, June 1951