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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OVZ_powder-magazine_Sinclair-WY.html
The powder magazine housed the fort's munitions and therefore was located away from the main military complex. Ironically, it is one of the few fort structures remaining. It replaced the original magazine, a dugout constructed when the post was es…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OVY_fenimore-chatterton_Sinclair-WY.html
At age 18, Fenimore Chatterton arrived in Wyoming on September 12, 1878 to begin a lifelong career of service to Wyoming. The young Fenimore came west on the Union Pacific to Fort Steele for a bookkeeping job at the J.W, Hugus Trading Post. Hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OVP_fort-fred-steel-state-historic-site_Sinclair-WY.html
Fort Fred Steele was established in 1868 to protect the North Platte River railroad crossing and the crews builting the Transcontinental Railroad. Named after Civil War hero Major Frederick Steele, the Fort and its soldiers provided vital services…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OVO_early-construction_Sinclair-WY.html
The Post Trader's House was "T" shaped in three sections. The stem of the "T" was built first and over time other rooms were added to the house. The small fireplace was actually designed to burn coal. Many houses of this time period included coal …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OVD_a-tourists-railroad_Sinclair-WY.html
The old road bed & cut below are believed to be part of the rail road that was constructed in 1887 by the Union Pacific Railroad to connect Fort Steele to Denver, CO. It was to follow the North Platte to North Park, Colorado and down the Cache la …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OVC_cemetery_Sinclair-WY.html
The post cemetery served as a graveyard for soldiers, their dependents, and civilians during the army occupation of Fort Steele (1868-1886). Although some soldiers died during the Indian Wars of the 1860s and 1879s, most of the military deaths at …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OVA_sheep-ranching_Sinclair-WY.html
The first authentic sheep wagon was built by James Candlish in Rawlins in 1884 from an idea given him by George Ferris. Caddish, a Canadian blacksmith, followed the Union Pacific construction to Fort Fred Steele and lived there until the troops mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OV9_sheep-industry_Sinclair-WY.html
Sheep ranching came in to the Rawlins & Ft. Steele area in the 1880's with I.C. Miller being one of the earliest. He owned the first flock in 1875. In 1882, about 16 large sheep outfits were listed in the Rawlins area and numbers rapidly grew. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OV8_ranching_Sinclair-WY.html
The cattle industry was also large in the area with some very large cattle companies that owned land in and around the area. One of the largest, the Swan Land & Cattle Co. owned by the Swan Brothers stretched from near present day Scottsbluff, NE …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OU7_officers-quarters_Sinclair-WY.html
The collapsed sand stone building west of the sign is all that remains of the once imposing eight room, one and one-half story Commanding Officers quarters. Residences for staff officers were four, wood-framed double quarters with a captain in one…
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