Fort Laramie

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Fort Laramie was a key 19th-century U.S. Army post and trading hub in present-day Wyoming that served as a major resupply and gathering point for westward migrants, Native American tribes, and the military.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Army post
historic fort
trading post
associatedWithTribe Arapaho
Cheyenne
Crow
Lakota
surface form: Lakota Sioux

Shoshone
builtBy American Fur Company interests
fur traders
controlledBy United States Army
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentStatus historic site
museum site
declaredObsolete late 19th century
decommissioned 1890
designation Fort Laramie self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fort Laramie National Historic Site
establishedAsArmyPost 1849
establishedAsTradingPost 1834
function diplomatic center for U.S.–Native American relations
military post
resupply point for westward migrants
trading hub
garrisonedBy United States Cavalry
surface form: U.S. Cavalry units

U.S. Infantry units
listedAs U.S. National Historic Site
surface form: National Historic Site
locatedIn Goshen County, Wyoming
Wyoming
surface form: present-day Wyoming
locatedNear North Platte River
locatedOn Laramie River
managedBy National Park Service
namedAfter Laramie River
openToPublic yes
operatedBy United States Army
originalName Fort John
Fort William
ownedBy United States government
surface form: U.S. federal government
roleIn Indian War
surface form: Indian Wars in the Northern Plains

negotiation of U.S.–Native American treaties
protection of emigrant trails
servedAs emigrant way station
major stop on the California Trail
major stop on the Mormon Trail
major stop on the Oregon Trail
significantPeriod 19th century
siteOf Fort Laramie Treaty of 1851
surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851)

Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868
surface form: Treaty of Fort Laramie (1868)
usedBy Native American tribes
United States Armed Forces
surface form: U.S. military

westward migrants

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Oregon Trail notableLandmark Fort Laramie
Mormon Trail passesThrough Fort Laramie
this entity surface form: Fort Laramie, Wyoming
Fort Laramie designation Fort Laramie self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fort Laramie National Historic Site
Wyoming Territory contains Fort Laramie
Harriet Hageman birthPlace Fort Laramie
this entity surface form: Fort Laramie, Wyoming