Field Trip to Fort Fetterman, Wyoming and Fort Laramie, Wyoming

  June 5 & 6, 2010

  All day/overnight optional; OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

  Group will meet at the New Washakie Museum, 2200 Big Horn Avenue, Worland

 The Indian Wars Discussion group will take a field trip to Fort Fetterman and Fort Laramie  in June.  Fort Fetterman is located near Douglas, Wyoming.  The post was named Fort Fetterman in honor of Captain William J. Fetterman who was killed in a fight with Indians near Fort Phil Kearny, December 21, 1866.  A restored officer's quarters is one of the original buildings and stands among the many visible foundations of the Fort and Fetterman City.

 Fort Laramie, located near Guernsey, Wyoming, was a major staging point for supplies and troops during the Great Sioux War of 1876.  Fort Laramie was also the site of many of the major treaty conferences between the government and the Native American tribes in the area.  The fort continued to be an important location until the 1930s by the State of Wyoming as a historical site.  Transferred to the National Park Service in the 1950s Fort Laramie is one of tthe best preserved historical sites of the Indian War period and the one that has had a significant impact on the history of that era.

The group will have the chance to visit both of these nationally historic sites and reflect on the life and action's of military and civilians who once resided there.  The trip is open to the public so come join us for the adventure, and the march to Fort Fetterman and Fort Laramie.

If you have any questions or would like to reserve a spot for the tour, please call Bob Stottler at 347-4102 or rstottler@washakiemuseum.org.