To weary travelers on the Oregon Trail during the middle decades of
the nineteenth century, Fort Laramie was a welcome sight. Its walls
and flag-decked towers rose from the high plains, their solidity
suggesting that the white man was gaining a toehold in the
wilderness.
Hafen and Young present the colorful history of Fort Laramie
from its establishment as Fort John in 1834 to its abandonment in
1890. Early on, the fort was controlled by the American Fur Company
and patronized by trappers like Jim Bridger and Kit Carson. Then it
was a vital supply center and rest stop for a tide of
emigrants--missionaries, Mormons, forty-niners, and
homeseekers.
As more wagons rolled west and the Pony Express came through,
the need for protection increased; in 1849, Fort Laramie was
converted from a trapper's post into a military fort. Down through
the years there were skirmishes with the Plains Indians, who
sometimes came to the fort to barter and to treat. The peace
council of 1851--one of the largest gatherings of tribes ever seen
in the Old West--is here described in fascinating detail.
The cast of characters in this great historical pageant reads
like a who's who of the American West.
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