Camp Carlin
Camp Carlin (1867-1889) - First established in 1867 as Cheyenne Depot by Captain Elias B. Carling (Cullum 1834), (Bvt. Lieutenant Colonel; Colonel) to supply adjacent Fort D.A. Russell (2) and thirteen other western forts. Abandoned in 1889. Also known as Cheyenne Ordnance Depot and Camp at Cheyenne.
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Camp Carlin History
Established as the second largest Depot of the time in the U.S., servicing U.S. Army posts in Wyoming, Nebraska, Utah, Idaho and Colorado. Included Camp Carlin as a cantonment for the depot also known as Camp at Cheyenne.
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Abandoned in 1889 when the expansion of the railroads made Omaha a more economical supply point for the decreasing numbers of western forts.
| Assumed | Relieved | Rank | Name | Cullum | Notes |
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| 1878-11-01 | 1879-10-20 | 1st Lt. | Weir, William B. | 2318 | |
| 1886-09-15 | 1887-07-21 | Capt. | Starring, William S. | 2087 | |
| Dates are formatted in yyyy-mm-dd to sort correctly. The Cullum Number is the graduation order from the United States Military Academy by year and class rank and links to a page for the officer on the website version of the Cullum Register. Listings without a Cullum Number indicate that the person was not a graduate of the United States Military Academy. | |||||
Current Status
Nothing remains except a small memorial plaza with a flagpole, DAR marker and interpretive signs.
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Location: On Francis E. Warren AFB, Laramie County, Wyoming. Enclosed map area shows the approximate location of the camp. Maps & Images Lat: 41.14355 Long: -104.845083 |
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 858
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Visited: 7 Jun 2010