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== Current Status == | == Current Status == | ||
[[Image:Fort Fred Steele Entrance Sign.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Fort Fred Steele Entrance Sign]] | [[Image:Fort Fred Steele Entrance Sign.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Fort Fred Steele Entrance Sign]] | ||
Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site. An 1881 Powder Magazine is one of the few remaining original buildings. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 16 Apr 1969. | Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site. An 1881 Powder Magazine is one of the few remaining original buildings but a reconstructed traders post is under construction presumably for use as a visitor's center. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 16 Apr 1969. | ||
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Revision as of 17:43, 14 June 2010
Fort Fred Steele (1868-1886) - Established 30 Jun 1868 by Maj. Richard I. Dodge, 30th U.S. Infantry and named for Col. Frederick Steele, 20th U.S. Infantry. Abandoned 3 Nov 1886 after being transfered to the Interior Department 9 Aug 1886.
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Fort Fred Steele History
One of three military forts designed to protect the Union Pacific Railroad route through Wyoming.
Original military structures at Fort Steele included a commanding officer's quarters, two large warehouses, a powder magazine and a number of smaller structures.
Current Status
Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site. An 1881 Powder Magazine is one of the few remaining original buildings but a reconstructed traders post is under construction presumably for use as a visitor's center. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places 16 Apr 1969.
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Location: West of Rawlins, Wyoming, 14 miles on I80 to exit 228 and then North on Hwy 347 2.5 miles. Under Union Pacific Maps & Images Lat: 41.778561 Long: -106.94742 |
Sources:
- Hart, Herbert M., Tour Guide to Old Western Forts, Pruett Publishing Co., Boulder CO, 1980, ISBN 0-87108-568-2, page 198
- Frazer, Robert W., Forts of the West, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman OK, 1965, ISBN 0-8061-1250-6, page 186
- Barnes, Jeff, Forts of the Northern Plains - Guide to Historic Military Posts of the Plains Indian Wars, Copyright 2008, Stackpole Books, ISBN 13: 978-0-8117-3496-7, ISBN 10: 0-8117-3496-X, page 184-189
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Visited: 6 Jun 2010
Fort Fred Steele Picture Gallery
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Fort Fred Steele Information Kiosk -
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Fort Fred Steele Railroad Bridge at the Fort
