Free Topo Maps of Fort Laramie National Historic Site

Download free topo maps of Fort Laramie National Historic Site. Use the adjoining 7.5 minute quadrangle legend to locate the Wyoming maps you need.

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  1. Northwest Topo Map: Guernsey, WY
  2. North Topo Map: Casebier Hill, WY
  3. Northeast Topo Map: Red Cloud Creek West, WY
  4. West Topo Map: Register Cliff, WY
  5. Topo Map: Fort Laramie, WY
  6. East Topo Map: Barnes, WY
  7. Southwest Topo Map: Eagles Nest, WY
  8. South Topo Map: Doty Hill, WY
  9. Southeast Topo Map: Habig Spring, WY
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Fort Laramie National Historic Site

Fort Laramie National Historic Site in Wyoming is located at the convergence of the Laramie and North Platte Rivers where the Great Plains encounters the threshold of the Rocky Mountains. The Site was developed to preserve what remained one of the most historic sites along the Oregon Trail. Its history spanned the age of the frontiersmen who built an outpost in 1834 for the fur traders seeking to control the buffalo hide trade. By 1849 the United States Army had purchased the trading post which was located along the emigrant trail heading west. Fort Laramie preserves the history of the westward migration and the Indian Wars that resulted as a result of the homesteading upon land which was within Indian Territory. The museum at Fort Laramie chronicles the struggle between the two cultures, the impact of the Civil War upon the Fort and the arrival of those seeking gold and minerals out west. The Interpretive Programs offered detail the epic events that led to the creation of the Western States, the Mormon Trail, the Pony Express and migration to California and Utah. This unique landmark was almost lost after the advent of the railway, when the Army no longer needed to man a fort in this remote part of the Nation. The land and Fort had become privately owned, however a movement began during the early years of the 1900s, which eventually led to the repurchase of the Fort and the eventual reconstruction and preservation of the little that was left of the original Fort structures. It was not until later in the century that tourists began to visit Fort Laramie and improvements were made to the facility. Today visitors can go to the Visitor Center Museum, explore exhibits, tour the grounds and visit some twenty-two restored structures from the original fort.