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Fort Laramie (Wyo. : Fort)

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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85050871
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85050871#concept

Codes

n-us-wy

Variants

Fort John (Wyo.)
Fort William (Wyo.)
John, Fort (Wyo.)
Laramie, Fort (Wyo. : Fort)
William, Fort (Wyo.)

Broader Terms

Fortification--Wyoming

Narrower Terms

Old Bedlam (Fort Laramie, Wyo.)

Related Terms

Fort Laramie National Historic Site (Wyo.)

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Sources

found: Wyoming Place Names, 1988:p. 70 (Robert Campbell and William Sublette built a post on Laramie River, and called it Fort William; in 1835 they sold it to the American Fur Company. It was renamed Fort John for John B. Sarpy, a fur trader and partner ... A shipping clerk in St. Louis, instead of writing "Fort John on the Laramie," simply wrote Fort Laramie on freight boxes, and thus it became known.)

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Change Notes

2003-02-28: new

2005-12-29: revised

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