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Fort Laramie -- After the Army: Part I, The Auction

Annals of Wyoming 73:3:12-23
By Douglas C. McChristian
PHOTO: Mr. and Mrs. John Hunton standing next to Old Bedlam, c. 1900

The article discusses the activities and feelings of army troops preparing to abandon Fort Laramie in the late 1800's. Once at the center of the Oregon and California migration of 1849 to 1869, Fort Laramie was officially closed by the United States Government March 2 1890 when the "last two companies of the Seventh Infantry marched out." Auction details are recorded.

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