Fort Fred Steele (Wyo. : Fort)

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.)