Fort Bridger

Fort Bridger was a 19th century fur trading outpost established in 1842 near present-day Evanston, Wyoming in the western United States. The post was established by the mountain man Jim Bridger, after whom it is named, and Louis Vasquez. During the 1840s through 1860s, the post served as a vital resupply point for wagon trains on the Oregon Trail, California Trail, and Mormon Trail. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2240x1488, 710 KB) Summary Photographed by and copyright of (c) Robert Corby (User:Miskatonic, uploader) 2006 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2240x1488, 710 KB) Summary Photographed by and copyright of (c) Robert Corby (User:Miskatonic, uploader) 2006 Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... // Indian trade The fur trade (also called the Indian trade) was a huge part of the early history of contact in North America between European-Americans and American Indians (now often called Native Americans in the United States and First Nations in Canada). ... 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... Evanston is a city located in Uinta County, Wyoming. ... Official language(s) English Capital Cheyenne Largest city Cheyenne Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 10th 253,554 km² 450 km 580 km 0. ... Mountain men were trappers and explorers that roamed the Rocky Mountains from about 1810 to the early 1840s. ... Jim Bridger Jim or James Bridger (March, 1804 – July 17, 1881) was among the foremost mountain men, trappers, scouts and guides who explored and trapped the Western United States during the decades of 1820-1840. ... // Events and Trends Technology First use of anaesthesia in an operation, by Crawford Long War, peace and politics First signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (Te Tiriti o Waitangi) on February 6, 1840 at Waitangi New Zealand. ... // Events and trends Technology The First Transcontinental Railroad in the United States is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ... For other uses of the term, see Oregon Trail (disambiguation) The route of the Oregon Trail is shown in red in the western United States The Ox Team or the Old Oregon Trail 1852-1906 by Ezra Meeker. ... California Trail The California Trail was a major overland emigrant route across the American West from Missouri to California in the middle 19th century. ... The Mormon Trail or Mormon Pioneer Trail is the route which the Mormons travelled in the middle of the 19th century in America to find a land in which they could practise their religion freely. ...

With the arrival of the Mormon pioneers in 1847, disputes arose between Bridger and the new settlers. By 1853, a militia of Mormons was sent to arrest Bridger for selling alcohol and firearms to the Native Americans. Bridger escaped capture, temporarily returning to the East. In 1855, Bridger sold the fort to the Mormons for $8,000. Mormon is a colloquial term used to refer to members of most of the sects of the Latter Day Saint movement, a Christian religious movement which began in the 1830s. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... An Atsina named Assiniboin Boy Native Americans in the United States (also known as Indians, American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Peoples, Aboriginal Peoples, Aboriginal Americans, Amerindians, Amerinds, or Original Americans) are the indigenous peoples within the territory that is now encompassed by the continental United States and their descendants in... 1855 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

On the night of October 7, 1857, "Wild Bill" Hickman set fire to the fort to keep it from falling into the hands of the approaching United States Army. At the end of hostilities, the United States Congress rejected Brigham Young's claim to the fort, nor did it recognize Jim Bridger's continuing claims to the fort. Instead, the fort was profitably run by William Alexander Carter. However, by 1869 the Union Pacific Railroad made the fort obsolete. October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... William Adams Hickman AKA Wild Bill Hickman (April 16, 1815 - August 21, 1883). ... The Army is the branch of the United States armed forces that has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ... Brigham Vu Young (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was the second prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church; see also Mormonism). ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The Union Pacific Railroad NYSE: UNP is the largest railroad in the United States. ...

In 1928, Fort Bridger was sold to the Wyoming Historic Landmark Commission for preservation as a historic monument. 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...