Fort Bridger State Historic Site
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Fort Bridger State Historic Site is a preserved 19th-century frontier outpost and trading post in southwestern Wyoming that interprets the region’s military, emigrant trail, and fur trade history.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Fort Bridger Historic Site | 1 |
| Fort Bridger State Historic Site canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6204605 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Bridger State Historic Site Context triple: [Fort Bridger, Wyoming, hasStructure, Fort Bridger State Historic Site]
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A.
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is a reconstructed 19th-century fur trading post on the upper Missouri River that interprets the region’s historic trade between Euro-American traders and Northern Plains tribes.
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B.
Fort Union National Monument
Fort Union National Monument is a preserved 19th-century U.S. Army fort in northeastern New Mexico that protected the Santa Fe Trail and served as a key military and supply hub in the American Southwest.
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C.
Bodie State Historic Park
Bodie State Historic Park is a preserved ghost town and former gold-mining boomtown in the Sierra Nevada of California, maintained as a state historic site in arrested decay.
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D.
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park is a historic site and museum preserving the former home and ranch of showman William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, showcasing his life and legacy on the Great Plains.
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E.
Bent’s Fort, Colorado
Bent’s Fort, Colorado is a historic 19th-century adobe trading post on the Santa Fe Trail that served as a major commercial and cultural hub on the American frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Fort Bridger State Historic Site Target entity description: Fort Bridger State Historic Site is a preserved 19th-century frontier outpost and trading post in southwestern Wyoming that interprets the region’s military, emigrant trail, and fur trade history.
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A.
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is a reconstructed 19th-century fur trading post on the upper Missouri River that interprets the region’s historic trade between Euro-American traders and Northern Plains tribes.
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B.
Fort Union National Monument
Fort Union National Monument is a preserved 19th-century U.S. Army fort in northeastern New Mexico that protected the Santa Fe Trail and served as a key military and supply hub in the American Southwest.
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C.
Bodie State Historic Park
Bodie State Historic Park is a preserved ghost town and former gold-mining boomtown in the Sierra Nevada of California, maintained as a state historic site in arrested decay.
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D.
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park is a historic site and museum preserving the former home and ranch of showman William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, showcasing his life and legacy on the Great Plains.
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E.
Bent’s Fort, Colorado
Bent’s Fort, Colorado is a historic 19th-century adobe trading post on the Santa Fe Trail that served as a major commercial and cultural hub on the American frontier.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
open-air museum
ⓘ
state historic site ⓘ |
| area | about 37 acres ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
California Trail
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mormon Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ Oregon Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ Pony Express route NERFINISHED ⓘ transcontinental telegraph ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| elevation | approximately 6,700 feet ⓘ |
| established | 1933 ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Jim Bridger
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Louis Vasquez NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAnnualEvent | Fort Bridger Rendezvous NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHeritageDesignation | Wyoming state historic site ⓘ |
| hasPart |
barracks
ⓘ
cemetery ⓘ commissary building ⓘ emigrant trail displays ⓘ fur trade interpretation area ⓘ military buildings ⓘ museum exhibits ⓘ officers’ quarters ⓘ reconstructed trading post ⓘ stone structures from the military period ⓘ |
| inceptionAsFort | 1843 ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Uinta County, Wyoming
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
Wyoming ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Black’s Fork of the Green River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Fort Bridger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestCity | Fort Bridger, Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| offers |
educational programs
ⓘ
guided tours ⓘ living history demonstrations ⓘ |
| openToPublic | yes ⓘ |
| operator | Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalFunction |
frontier trading post
ⓘ
military outpost ⓘ |
| owner | State of Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Wyoming State Parks system NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| significance |
interprets 19th-century frontier history
ⓘ
interprets U.S. Army presence in the West ⓘ interprets emigrant trail history ⓘ interprets fur trade history ⓘ |
| state | Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| touristAttraction | yes ⓘ |
| usedBy |
United States Army
ⓘ
emigrant travelers ⓘ fur traders ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Fort Bridger State Historic Site Description of subject: Fort Bridger State Historic Site is a preserved 19th-century frontier outpost and trading post in southwestern Wyoming that interprets the region’s military, emigrant trail, and fur trade history.
Referenced by (2)
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Fort Bridger Historic Site