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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1857-1858) - First established in 1857 as [[Fort Thompson]] and later renamed Fort McGraw for[[ William McGraw]] the road contractor. Abandoned in 1858. | |||
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1857-1858) - First established in 1857 as [[Fort Thompson (2)]] and later renamed Fort McGraw for[[ William McGraw]] the road contractor. Abandoned in 1858. | |||
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|width="50%"|[[| | |width="50%"|[[ Image:Fort Thompson - 2.jpg|350px|thumb|left|Fort Thompson State Marker]] | ||
|width="50%"|[[| | |width="50%"|[[Image:Fort Thompson2 - 3.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Fort Thompson Stone Marker]] | ||
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|colspan="2"|[[|795px|thumb|center|]] | |colspan="2"|[[Image:Fort Thompson - 6.jpg|795px|thumb|center|Fort Thompson Markers & Site Locale]] | ||
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Established to protect surveyors for the [[Fort Kearny]], South Pass, and Honey Lake Wagon Road to Oregon. Abandoned 25 Feb 1858. | Established to protect surveyors for the [[Fort Kearny]], South Pass, and Honey Lake Wagon Road to Oregon. Abandoned 25 Feb 1858. | ||
== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
A park in Lander, Wyoming. | A park in Lander, Fremont County, Wyoming. | ||
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<googlemap version="0.9" lat="42.8516255" lon="-108.6951158" zoom="15" width="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png"> | <googlemap version="0.9" lat="42.8516255" lon="-108.6951158" zoom="15" width="-500" height="-500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large" icons="http://www.fortwiki.com/mapicons/icon{label}.png"> | ||
(F) 42.8516255, -108.6951158 | (F) 42.8516255, -108.6951158, Fort McGraw | ||
Fort McGraw | (1857-1858) | ||
</googlemap> | </googlemap> | ||
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'''Location:''' | '''Location:''' Two miles northeast of Lander, Fremont County, Wyoming. | ||
{{Mapit-US-cityscale|42.8516255|-108.6951158}} | {{Mapit-US-cityscale|42.8516255|-108.6951158}} | ||
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* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/wy.html#mcgraw North American Forts - Fort McGraw] | * [http://www.northamericanforts.com/West/wy.html#mcgraw North American Forts - Fort McGraw] | ||
* [http://wiki.wyomingplaces.org/Fort-McGraw Wyoming Places - Fort McGraw] | * [http://wiki.wyomingplaces.org/Fort-McGraw Wyoming Places - Fort McGraw] | ||
{{Visited| | {{Visited|16 Sep 2012}} | ||
__NOTOC__ | __NOTOC__ | ||
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{{DEFAULTSORT:McGraw}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:McGraw}} | ||
[[Category:All]] | [[Category:All]] | ||
[[Category:Wyoming All]] | [[Category:Wyoming All]] | ||
[[Category:Wyoming Forts]] | [[Category:Wyoming Forts]] | ||
[[Category:Wyoming Fremont County]] | |||
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
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{HistoryEstablished to protect surveyors for the Fort Kearny, South Pass, and Honey Lake Wagon Road to Oregon. Abandoned 25 Feb 1858. Current StatusA park in Lander, Fremont County, Wyoming.
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Links: Visited: 16 Sep 2012
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