12 Staggering Photos Of An Abandoned Fort Hiding In Wyoming
By Kim Magaraci|Published November 08, 2018
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Kim Magaraci
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Kim Magaraci graduated Rutgers University with a degree in Geography and has spent the last seven years as a freelance travel writer. Contact: kmagaraci@onlyinyourstate.com
Wyoming is full of incredible history, and you never know what you might drive by. One site is often overlooked, but it’s home to some of the most unbelievable stories you’ll ever hear.
Way out in Goshen County, Wyoming, lies an abandoned Fort that was the site of unfathomable history.
Fort Laramie was founded in 1834 as a simple fur-trading fort. It quickly evolved into the largest military post on the Plains - the sheer expanse of the barracks makes the size easy to imagine.
The old Post Hospital was once the best in the West. Today, the wild Wyoming wind has lapped away at its walls, windows and doors. Hardly a shell remains.
The location of Fort Laramie at the confluence of the Laramie and North Platte Rivers made it a particularly fine place to build and establish a post - resources were abundant here.
Throughout the years, Fort Laramie established itself as the premier post along the emigrant trails, in the Rocky Mountains, and throughout the West. Even the Pony Express and Transcontinental Telegraph stopped here.
Several significant and controversial treaties with Northern Plains Indian Tribes were negotiated and signed here, including the Horse Creek Treaty of 1851 and Treaty of 1868
Strolling the grounds of Fort Laramie today is a humbling experience, and exploring these abandoned ruins will certainly put into perspective just how much life in Wyoming has changed.
