Fort Fetterman. Converse County, Wyoming. 1870.

Dates

Date Taken

1870

Summary

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. Converse County, Wyoming. 1870.

Summary

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. Converse County, Wyoming. 1870.
 

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U.S. Geological Survey

Photographer :

Jackson, William Henry

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• Converse County, Wyoming

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• Expeditions
• Four Great Surveys of the West
• Pioneer Photographers

collection

• Hayden Survey
• Jackson, W.H. 1870 Series
• Jackson, W.H. Collection
• U.S. Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories

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Type	Scheme	Key
name	photoLibrary	jwh00268
number	photoLibrary	18610
batch	photoLibrary	btch108
number_in_book	photoLibrary	268