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Wyoming Forts - Page 3

 

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Wind River ValleyFort Stambaugh (1870-1878) - When gold was discovered in the Wind River Valley, numerous mining camps, including South Pass City, Atlantic City and Miner's Delight  were established in what became known as the Sweetwater Mining District. A post, first called Fort Augur, then known as Camp Brown, was built there in 1870 to protect the settlers against from raiding Indians. On May 4, 1870, First Lieutenant Charles B. Stambaugh was shot from his horse by raiding Indians as he was helping defend a party of freighters. As a tribute to him the new fort was re-named Camp Stambaugh. A few months later, it became a permanent post in August and was renamed Fort Stambaugh. By August, 1878, when the mines were beginning to close, people were leaving the area and the Indian hostilities had decreased, the fort was abandoned. Today, all that's left of the fort is a historic marker near South Pass City, Wyoming.

 

Fort Washakie (1869-1909) - First known as Camp Brown, the fort was built in 1869 as a sub post to Fort Bridger on the newly created Shoshone Indian Reservation. In 1878, it was renamed to Fort Washakie in honor of the last chief of the Eastern Shoshone tribe, Chief Washakie. It served as a military post from 1869 to 1909. In 1913, it was transferred to the Shoshone Indian Agency.

 

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the utilize some of the buildings located on the Wind River Indian Reservation in the foothills of the majestic Wind River Mountain Range.

 

Fort Washakie is also known as the final resting place for Chief Washakie and Sacagawea, the Shoshone woman who guided the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

 

Fort Washakie Indians.

Fort Washakie Indians.

 

The Wind River Indian Reservation is shared by about 3,500 members of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe and 7,000 members of the Northern Arapaho Tribe. The reservation is located about 17 miles northwest of Lander, Wyoming on US Highway 287.

 

More Information:

Shoshone Tribal Cultural Center

P.O. Box 1008

Fort Washakie, Wyoming 82514

307-332-9106

 

 

© Kathy Weiser/Legends of America, updated January, 2011.

 

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