Monday, March 30, 2009

Tuesday, March 30, 1909. The Army abandons Ft. Washakie.

Today In Wyoming's History: March 30

1909. On this day, the U.S. Army abandoned Ft. Washakie. The post had previously been also known as Camp Brown and Camp Augar.. The post had lately been a 9th Cavalry post.

The facilities for the post remain in large part today, having gone over to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Ft. Washakie, the town, is the seat of government for the Wind River Indian Reservation. The structures provide good examples of the period stone construction used by the Army at that time.


Ft. Washakie during a visit by President Arthur in 1883.


Some former cavalry structures at Ft. Washakie now in use as industrial or storage buildings.


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