. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . rt Laramie. It is named in honor ofLieutenant-Colonel W. J. Fetterman, who waskilled by the Indians at the Fort Phil Kearnymassacre, in December, 1866. It was establishedin July, 1867, by Major Dey, of the UnitedStates Army, and has a reservation of sixtysections of land adjoining. It is at present abase of supplies for troops in that vicinity, an
. The Pacific tourist : Williams' illustrated trans-continental guide of travel, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean : containing full descriptions of railroad routes ... A complete traveler's guide of the Union and Central Pacific railroads ... . rt Laramie. It is named in honor ofLieutenant-Colonel W. J. Fetterman, who waskilled by the Indians at the Fort Phil Kearnymassacre, in December, 1866. It was establishedin July, 1867, by Major Dey, of the UnitedStates Army, and has a reservation of sixtysections of land adjoining. It is at present abase of supplies for troops in that vicinity, and isan important link in the chain of forts thatshould be re-established in the Powder andTongue River countries. Two or three militaryposts between this fort and Atlantic City, in thegreat south pass at the base of the Wind RiverMountains, would prevent the annual horse-stealing raids of the Indians on the Laramieplains. Old Fort Casper—Is one of the forts thatshould be re-established. It is about sixty mileswest of Fort Fetterman, on the North Platte River,at the old overland stage crossing, and was aban-doned in 1867. At that time there was a bridgeacross ihe river there, which cost |65,000, andwhich was soon after burned by the TMM ^^€IWI€ T&W^iBW. 81 Fort Meno. — Established by General Connor, on Powder River, about ninetymiles north-west of Fort Fetterniau, during thewar, and Fort Phil Kearney; established by Col-onel Carrington, at the forks of the Big andLittle Piney Creeks, in 1866, have both beenabandoned, and should both be C. F. Smith was on the old Montana road,near the base of the Big Horn Mountains inMontana, some ninety miles from Fort PhilKearney; established in 1866 and abandoned atthe same time the other posts were given region of country in which these forts wereestablished is very tine for grazing, buffaloesliving there the entire year, with an abundanceof other game. It is a famous hunting regionfor tMe
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