Show 01 old bort fort Lar Laram amfie leTs Is proclaimed national monument 4 old fort laralle Lar amle in wyoming army general headquarters during the indian wats wars oh the pl plains and long ume capital of the wilderness west bJ the Misso missouri url rive has hashein bein pio proclaimed claimed a national monument the score of crumbling buildings that still mark its tion of the laralle nd north rivers are to be preserve preserved d and ana restored as a a memorial to the dauntless traders and v soldiers W ho martaine mab taine d this grea great te estl of all refuges ages along the covered wagon trail by means of which the west was won on i the rhe first known white roen men to tc visit the site were the stuart patty party of astoriano Ast in thi the winter vinter of latera later was a fur trading post in iii 1849 1840 the united states army purchased hasea fort laramie in order to establish dut authority hority over the streams of who were svere passing through the ferfin fort en route to Call california fornia by 1865 the indian altu atlon became so troublesome that tha t fort lailo isil ewas made giner general al headquarters of f the military district oti thea plains when tha arteries of cental commerce cam T erce shifted to the south and the indians were subdued and either confined to reservations or transported to other parts part of the country fort laralle languished and in 1883 1886 its abandonment ws recommended the last tro troops 0 p marched out of f the old fort in 1889 and the military reservation was restored to the public domain the following year although half a ar century has passed since the start stars and stripes waved over the historic old ort since which time the place has been in fo the hands of 0 various private owners any of the stout old buildings building s still stand staid including a part of original rort fort jphn john and 1111 bedlam tilla lam in the bachelor offic officers ersk quarters erected in together with scotts BUT bluff nation al monument qt located CO 00 miles to the te east fort laralle preserves two oi 1 l the most famous landmarks landman ks on the oregon biegon trail the mor mormon mo n Z trall trail the overland trail thi the route of the tony express Ex the overland stage and the first transcontinental telegraph heleg rap alle line |