Fort Fred Steele (Wyo. : Fort)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Geographic subdivision usage: Wyoming Fort Fred Steele (Fort)
Variant(s): Fort Steele (Wyo. : Fort)
Fred Steele, Fort (Wyo. : Fort)
Steele, Fort (Wyo. : Fort)
See also: Fortification --Wyoming
Found in: NUCMC data from Montana Historical Society for R. de Trobriand papers, 1869-1870 (Fort Steele, Wyo.)
Enc. of historic forts, c1988 (Fort Fred Steele; located on left bank of North Platte River about 15 miles east of present town of Rawlins; est. June 30, 1868; post named in honor of Col. Frederick Steele; officially abandoned and transferred to Dept. of Interior on Aug. 9, 1886; site of fort is now a state park)
GNIS, Jan. 31, 2003 (name not given; shows Fort Fred Steele as a variant of the populated place Fort Steele, Wyo.)
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Guide to the Barton Thomas Ryan Collection
Collection
Identifier: HC-73
Abstract
The collection consists mainly of correspondence but also includes military, social, business and financial records. The bulk of the collection consists of letters from Ryan and Ridding family members and friends. Topics include life in Burlington, Iowa, the Civil War, the military, and general life in the American West. Of particular interest are letters to and from Mary Ridding as the two tried to keep alive their nearly 1000-mile-love affair. In these letters, Ryan also talks about...
Dates:
1848 - 1908