UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Stewart L. Udall, Secretary
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Conrad L. Wirth, Director
HISTORICAL HANDBOOK NUMBER TWENTY
This publication is one of a series of handbooks describing thehistorical and archeological areas in the National Park Systemadministered by the National Park Service of the United StatesDepartment of the Interior. It is printed by the GovernmentPrinting Office and may be purchased from the Superintendent ofDocuments, Washington 25, D. C. Price 25 cents.
FORT LARAMIE
NATIONAL MONUMENT · WYOMING
by David L. Hieb
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE HISTORICAL HANDBOOK SERIES NO. 20
WASHINGTON, D. C., 1954
(Reprint 1961)
The National Park System, of which Fort LaramieNational Monument is a unit, is dedicated to conservingthe scenic, scientific, and historic heritage of the UnitedStates for the benefit and enjoyment of its people.
Contents
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- EARLY FUR TRADE ON THE PLATTE, 1812-30 1
- FORT WILLIAM, THE FIRST “FORT LARAMIE,” 1834 3
- FORT PLATTE AND FORT JOHN ON THE LARAMIE 4
- THE FIRST EMIGRANTS 4
- THE MORMON MIGRATIONS, 1847-48 6
- FORT LARAMIE BECOMES A MILITARY POST 6
- THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH 7
- THE FORT LARAMIE TREATY COUNCIL, 1851 9
- THE EMIGRANT TIDE AND INDIAN TROUBLES, 1852-53 9
- THE GRATTAN AND HARNEY MASSACRES, 1854-55 11
- HANDCART TO PONY EXPRESS, 1856-61 12
- THE CIVIL WAR AND THE UPRISING OF THE PLAINS INDIANS 14
- PEACE TALK AND WAR ON THE BOZEMAN TRAIL, 1866-68 17
- THE TREATY OF 1868 21
- THE FIGHT FOR THE BLACK HILLS 24
- LAST YEARS OF THE ARMY POST, 1877-90 27
- THE HOMESTEADERS TAKE OVER 31
- EFFORTS TO PRESERVE THE FORT 32
- GUIDE TO THE AREA...