Fort Bonneville (1)

Fort Bonneville (1) (1832-1836) - Established in 1832 as an independent fur trading post by Captain Benjamin L.E. Bonneville while on leave of absence from the U.S. Army. Named after Captain Bonneville. Periodically occupied until 1836 and abandoned in 1836. Also known as Fort Nonsense. Fort Bonneville (1) History Captain Bonneville began his expedition at Fort Osage in Missouri on 1 May 1832 following what became the Oregon Trail, arriving at Green River in August 1832. Captain Bonneville's expedition consisted of 110 men and 28 wagons and it was an experiment in taking wagons over the Continental Divide for the first time. The fort was established on Horse Creek and built as a 80' square stockade with two blockhouses in diagonal corners. After completing the fort they moved from it to a series of fur trading rendezvous sites, returning only sporadically to the fort. The post was finally abandoned in 1836 when Captain Bonneville returned to his military posting after seriously overstaying his 26 month leave of absence. Current Status An undeveloped site that has had some archaeological remains. USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) Database Entry: 1609135 {"selectable":false,"width":"500"} Location: Sublette County, Wyoming. Maps & Images Lat: 42.8929958 Long: -110.1340524 Multi Maps from ACME Maps from Bing Maps from Google Elevation: 7,267' Sources: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, page 855 Links: North American Forts - Fort Bonneville Wikipedia - Fort Bonneville BLM - Fort Bonneville Visited: No Fort Bonneville (1) Picture Gallery Click on the picture to see a larger version. Contribute additional pictures - the more the better!