Fort Laramie National Monument, Wyoming
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About This Book
Original Wraps; Fine; No Dust Jacket; 43 pp., excellent photographs, illustrations, maps. A fine copy with former owner's discreet signature on title page. This well researched and written booklet is No. 20 of the National Park Service Historical Handbook Series. Excellent history of the area and Fort Laramie from the early fur traders on the Platte, 1812-1830 to the last years of the Army Post, 1877- 1890.
Chapters (44)
- FORT LARAMIE NATIONAL MONUMENT · WYOMING
- Early Fur Trade on the Platte, 1812-30
- Fort William, the First “Fort Laramie,” 1834
- Fort Platte and Fort John on the Laramie
- The First Emigrants
- The Mormon Migrations, 1847-48
- Fort Laramie Becomes a Military Post
- The California Gold Rush
- The Fort Laramie Treaty Council, 1851
- The Emigrant Tide and Indian Troubles, 1852-53
- The Grattan and Harney Massacres, 1854-55
- Handcart to Pony Express, 1856-61
- The Civil War and the Uprising of the Plains Indians
- Peace Talk and War on the Bozeman Trail, 1866-68
- The Treaty of 1868
- The Fight for the Black Hills
- Last Years of the Army Post, 1877-90
- The Homesteaders Take Over
- Efforts to Preserve the Fort
- Guide to the Area
- 1. CAVALRY BARRACKS—INFORMATION CENTER.
- 2. THE SUTLER’S STORE.
- 3. OFFICERS’ QUARTERS.
- 4. OFFICERS’ QUARTERS.
- 5. SITE OF BARRACKS.
- 6. MAGAZINE.
- 7. “OLD BEDLAM.”
- 8. OFFICERS’ QUARTERS RUINS.
- 9. SITE OF FORT JOHN.
- 10. OFFICERS’ QUARTERS.
- 11. ADMINISTRATION BUILDING RUINS.
- 12. OLD GUARDHOUSE.
- 13. SITE OF BARRACKS.
- 14. NEW GUARDHOUSE RUINS.
- 15. OLD BAKERY.
- 16. COMMISSARY STOREHOUSE.
- 17. HOSPITAL RUINS.
- 18. NONCOMMISSIONED OFFICERS’ QUARTERS RUIN.
- OTHER POINTS OF INTEREST.
- How to Reach Fort Laramie
- Administration
- Related Areas
- Facilities
- NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES
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