. Crofutt's new Overland tourist, and Pacific Coast guide ... over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage .. . instances, with moredurable material than before. GOVERNMENT FORTS AND CAMPS. Fort D. A. Russell—This post was es-tablished July iJl, 18j7, by General Auger,and intended to accommodate sixteen com-panies. It is three mile? from Cheyenne,on Crow Creek, which washes two sidesof the enclosure. Latitude 41 deg. 08 min.;longitude 10 deg min. It is connected bysule-track with the Union Pacific railroadat Cheyen
. Crofutt's new Overland tourist, and Pacific Coast guide ... over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage .. . instances, with moredurable material than before. GOVERNMENT FORTS AND CAMPS. Fort D. A. Russell—This post was es-tablished July iJl, 18j7, by General Auger,and intended to accommodate sixteen com-panies. It is three mile? from Cheyenne,on Crow Creek, which washes two sidesof the enclosure. Latitude 41 deg. 08 min.;longitude 10 deg min. It is connected bysule-track with the Union Pacific railroadat Cheyenne. The quarter-masters depart-ment—13 store-houses—is located betweenthe fort and the town, at Camp million pounds of Govei-nmentstores are gathered here, from which theforts to the northwest draw their reservation on w^hich the fort is situ-ated v/as declarefl by the President, June28th, 1869, and contains 4,512 acres. Fort Laramie—This fort was estab-lished August 12th, 1869, by Major W. , Mounted Rifles. The place,once a trading post of the NorthwesternFur Company, was purchased by the Gov-ernment, through Brice Husband, the com-. DOWN THE WEBER RIVER, NEAR MORGAN CITY CEOFUTT S xVEAV OVERLAND TOURIST 47 panys agent, for the site of a military was at one time the winter quarters ofmany trajDpers and hunters. It is alsonoted as being the place where severaltreaties have been made between the sava-ges and whites—many of the former livingaround the fort, fed by Government,and stealing its stock in return. The res-ervation, declared by the President on the28th of June, 1869, consists of 54 squaremiles. It is situated 89 miles from Chey-enne—the nearest railroad statin—on theleft bank of the Laramie, about two milesfrom its junction with the North Platte,and on the Overland road to Oregoa andCalifornia. Latitude 42 deg. 12 min. 38sec; longitude 104 deg. 31 min. 26 sec. FoktFettermak—This post was namedin honor of Br
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