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 2 Collections and/or Records:
Guide to the Fort Fetterman Collection
Collection — Box 281
Identifier: H70-95
Abstract
Board of survey created to investigate the loss of clothing at the Fort Fetterman and special order for detachment charged with determining the distance between Fort Fetterman and Fort Steele with the results of the survey
Dates:
1868
Guide to the Fort Fred Steele and Fort McKinney Collection
Collection — Box 326
Identifier: H71-102
Abstract
Aerial photographs and copies of plats of Fort Fred Steele and Fort McKinney areas.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1869-1969 (not inclusive)