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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OU7_officers-quarters_Sinclair-WY.html
The collapsed sand stone building west of the sign is all that remains of the once imposing eight room, one and one-half story Commanding Officers quarters. Residences for staff officers were four, wood-framed double quarters with a captain in one…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OU6_officers-who-commanded-fort-fred-steele_Sinclair-WY.html
U.S. Army Officers Who Commanded Fort Fred Steele from it's Inception (1868) until its Abandonment (1886) Baker, Eugene M. (Maj, 2 Cav) · Bartlett, Charles G. (Capt, 4 Inf) 1869 · Bascom, Gustavus, M. (1/Lt, 13 In) 1872 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OU5_fort-steele-schoolhouse_Sinclair-WY.html
After the fort was decommissioned and the military buildings were sold at auction, the residents of the Fort Steele community converted some of the old structures into homes and businesses or built anew on top of bare foundations. The schoolhouse …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OU4_enlisted-mens-barracks_Sinclair-WY.html
Two stone foundations and chimneys remain of the five enlisted men's barracks once at Fort Fred Steele. The walls were constructed of logs and boards and battens while a shingled roof protected pine floor boards. Tar paper covered interior walls. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OU3_sheepherders-community_Sinclair-WY.html
Sheep were introduced to Wyoming in the 1850's near Fort Bridger, about 180 miles west of Fort Steele. By 1880 the number had grown to over 350,000 head ranging primarily along the route of the Union Pacific Railroad. The Cosgriff Brothers owned o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTE_wild-times-in-benton_Sinclair-WY.html
In 1868 the Union Pacific Railroad was rapidly moving west with the short lived railhead towns leading the way. In early July, General Dodge ordered the citizens of Brownsville to move three miles from the river to the edge of the Dry Desert. This…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTD_the-great-lincoln-highway_Sinclair-WY.html
plus other lines of transportation and communication - train, telegraph and telephone - bisected America while linking its east and west coasts during one of our nation's most remarkable eras of development. Those lifelines also sustained the comm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTC_this-january-1880-plan-of-fort-fred-steele_Sinclair-WY.html
depicts a bustling military community astride the continental Union Pacific Railroad and flanked on the north and east by the Platte River. Although the variety flora is limited, bitter cottonwood trees grown profusely with a smattering of pin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OTA_fort-fred-steele-after-1886_Sinclair-WY.html
Officially abandoned in 1886, the fort came under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Interior in 1887. In 1892 and 1893 most of the buildings were sold a public auction. In 1897 the land, opened to homesteading, was patented by the Union Pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OT9_the-passengers-railroad_Sinclair-WY.html
Passenger travel on the Union Pacific Railroad began in July of 1868, with the first trans-continental service beginning just 10 days after the golden spike was driven on May 10, 1869 at Promontory Point in Utah. The first passenger trains were un…
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