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| [[Category:Wyoming Forts]]
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| [[Category:Needs Work]]
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| [[Category:State Park]]
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| [[Category:Wyoming Fort Trail]]
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| [[Category:Oregon Trail|Oregon Trail]]
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| [[Category:Emigrant Trail|Emigrant Trail]]
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| [[Category:Bozeman Trail|Bozeman Trail]]
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| [[Image:Image1.jpg|500px|thumb|left|<<Image 1 Caption>>]]
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| '''Fort Fetterman (1867-1882)''' - Established as a military post on 19 Jul 1867 by Major [[William McEnery Dye]], with Companies A, C, H, and I, [[4th U.S. Infantry]]. On 31 Jul 1867 the post was named Fort Fetterman in honor of Captain [[William J. Fetterman]] who was killed in a fight with Indians near [[:Category:Fort Phil Kearny|Fort Phil Kearny]], 21 Dec 1866. The fort was needed as a major supply point for the army operating against the Indians.¹
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| ==Fort Fetterman History==
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| [[:Category:Fort Casper|Fort Casper]] was abandoned when Fort Fetterman was completed and its garrison moved into the new fort in Aug 1867. Fort Fetterman was excluded from the provisions of the 1868 Treaty of [[:Category:Fort Laramie|Fort Laramie]], which resulted in the abandonment of all forts further to the north ([[:Category:Forts Reno|Forts Reno]], [[:Category:Phil Kearny|Phil Kearny]], and [[:Category:Fort C.F. Smith|Fort C.F. Smith]). It became the northernmost military post in eastern Wyoming, and important in protecting the [[Bozeman Trail]] and other routes for settlers.
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| After the onset of the [[Black Hills War]] with the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes, several major military expeditions passed through Fort Fetterman, including Maj. Gen. [[George Crook]]'s Powder River Expeditions and Col. [[Ranald S. Mackenzie]]'s 1876 campaign against Dull Knife.
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| ==Current Status==
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| Fort Fetterman is administered by the Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites.
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| <googlemap lat="42.845639" lon="-105.482311" zoom="15" width="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large">
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| 42.843531, -105.486302, Fort Fetterman<br>(1867-1882)
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| </googlemap>
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| '''Location:'''
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| North of Douglas, Wyoming off Hwy 93 at the Platte River.<br>752 Hwy. 93<br>Douglas, WY 82633<br>(307) 684-7629 (Office)
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| {{Mapit-US-cityscale|42.843531|-105.486302}}
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| * Elevation: 4970'
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| '''Links:'''
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| * [http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/FFslide.htm Wyoming State Parks]
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| * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Fetterman Wikipedia]
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| '''Sources:'''
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| # [http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/FFslide.htm Wyoming State Parks]
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| # Hart, Herbert M., ''[[Tour Guide to Old Western Forts]]'', Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN: 0-87108-568-2, page 198
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| # Field, Ron, ''[[Forts of the American Frontier 1820-91|Forts of the American Frontier 1820-91: Central and Northern Plains]]'', Osprey Publishing, Elms Court, Chapel Way, Botley, Oxford OX2 9LP, United Kingdom, 2005, ISBN: 1 84176 775 1, pages 5, 44, 47, 56, 61
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| # [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Fetterman Wikipedia]
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| '''Visited:'''
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| ==Picture Gallery==
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