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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4H_reconstructed-fort-caspar_Casper-WY.html
These fort buildings were reconstructed on the original site in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration. The WPA was a government program created during the Great Depression to provide jobs for the unemployed.
Prior to his death on July 26, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4C_the-battle-of-red-buttes_Casper-WY.html
A desperate battle to save a supply train ended tragically the same day as the Battle at Platte Bridge. Sgt. Amos Custard and his men were bringing five supply wagons from the Sweetwater Station near Independence Rock. The group came into view of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q4A_the-battle-at-platte-bridge_Casper-WY.html
Early on the morning of July 26, 1865 Lt. Caspar Collins led a troop of men to reinforce an army supply train coming into Platte Bridge Station. Only a mile west of the post, the group was ambushed by members of the Sioux, Cheyenne and Arapahoe na…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q49_the-mormon-ferry_Casper-WY.html
"....A Company have gone back about three miles to make two canoes on which they intend to build a boat to be used here till the next company comes up. Another company also went about half a mile up the river to make slabs or puncheons to lay on t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q41_old-pioneer-military-cemetery_Casper-WY.html
Lt. Caspar Collins was killed July 26, 1865 about three miles from this spot. His body was removed by relatives to his old home in Hillsboro, Ohio. Bodies of soldiers killed from 1858 to 1867 were reburied at Fort D. A. Russell in 1899. Some stil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q40_site-of-fort-casper_Casper-WY.html
U.S. Military Post
On the Oregon
Trail
Established 1858
Rebuilt 1865
Enlarged 1866
Troops Withdrawn 1867
Burned by Indians 1867
Restored by City of Casper
1936
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q3T_the-armory_Casper-WY.html
Casper's unique National Guard Armory was built here in 1930 to house the Headquarters Troop of the 115th Cavalry Regiment. The indoor field provided room for training both horses and men, and even hosted the occasional polo match until the regime…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q3S_old-fort-caspar_Casper-WY.html
Originally known to trappers and explorers (1830-1847) as Upper Crossing of the North Platte River, it became the Mormon Ferry in 1847. Guinard built a bridge here in 1858, and troops from Platte Bridge Station guarded the telegraph line and prote…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q3R_platte-bridge-cemetery_Casper-WY.html
You may be surprised that no one is buried under these stone markers. They represent some of the soldiers who died while stationed at Platte Bridge Station (Fort Caspar). The army removed the bodies originally located here and reinterred them at F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q3Q_the-pony-express_Casper-WY.html
Here was the bustling Platte Bridge Station (later renamed Fort Caspar) with a relay station for the Pony Express. The bridge was a catalyst drawing together wilderness wayfarers — frontiersmen and immigrants — to learn late news of th…