Fort Fetterman. Converse County, Wyoming. 1870.

Album caption and index card: Fort Fetterman, named for Lieutenant Colonel William I. Fetterman, killed at the Fort Phil Kearney massacre, December 21, 1866. Established July 19, 1867, and garrisoned by four companies of infantry. Is situated at the mouth of La Prele Creek, 135 miles north from Cheyenne, and 70 miles from Fort Laramie. It marks the junction of the Powder River (route to Montana) and North Platte. Converse County, Wyoming. 1870. Descriptive Catalog of the Photographs of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories, W. H. Jackson, Photographer, Second Edition, Illustrated, 1870 Series, page 13, No. 68 caption, Fort Fetterman named for Bvt. Lieut. Col. William I. Fetterman, killed in the Fort Phil Kearny massacre, [...]