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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PBJ_women-at-the-trading-post_Fort-Bridger-WY.html
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. Ne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PBI_mormon-occupation_Fort-Bridger-WY.html
The neat row of mortared cobblestones (#1) is a remnant of the west wall of the Mormon fort, which was completed in late summer of 1857. It is the largest and most impressive feature uncovered in recent excavations at Fort Bridger. The lighter col…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PAF_infantry-barracks-museum_Fort-Bridger-WY.html
Completed in 1887, this building served as an infantry barracks, or housing for infantry troops stationed here. With an interior of wooden floors and plastered walls, it was a vast improvement over the rude log barracks in use since 1858. Shaped l…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PAE_digging-up-the-past_Fort-Bridger-WY.html
Beginning as a Wyoming Centennial project in 1990, archaeologists from Western Wyoming College have been working to uncover the physical remains of 19th century life at Fort Bridger. As the fort evolved over time, from an emigrant supply station, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PAD_post-commissary_Fort-Bridger-WY.html
The post commissary, erected in 1867, measured 28' x 100' and was built of cut stone quarried about two miles west of the fort. A portion of the old cobblerock Mormon Wall was utilized to form a section of the building's north wall. The commissa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PAC_old-guardhouse_Fort-Bridger-WY.html
Built in 1868 of quarried limestone slabs, this guardhouse was a replacement for the not-so-secure log guardhouse that stood fifty yards north of here. With walls 2' thick, the exterior dimensions were 24' x 58'. The height of the roof went from 1…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PAB_the-road-to-zion_Fort-Bridger-WY.html
From the late 1840s through the 1860s, an exodus of more than 70,000 Mormons passed by here on their way to their "New Zion" in Utah. Starting from Nauvoo, Illinois in February 1846, the first group of at least 13,000 Mormons crossed into Iowa to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOGY_fort-bridger_Fort-Bridger-WY.html
EstablishedAs a Trading Post in 1843U. S. Military PostOn the Overland TrailJune 10, 1858 to October 6, 1890 This monument erected bya few interested residents of theCommunity in the year1914
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOGE_old-fort-bridger_Fort-Bridger-WY.html
The fort was established about 1842 by Jim Bridger discoverer of Great Salt Lake; notable pioneer, trapper, fur trader, scout and guide. Bridger was born at Richmond, Virginia, March 17, 1804 and died at Westport, Missouri, July 17, 1881. His uner…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOFR_muddy-creek-camp-and-crossing_Fort-Bridger-WY.html
The Muddy Creek Camp, which was northwest of this marker and on the west side of the Muddy Creek was used by Brigham Young's first group of Mormon pioneers who arrived here on July 9, 1847. Thomas Bullock reported that the brethren sang hy…
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