Fort Caspar

Fort Caspar was a military post of the United States Army in present-day Wyoming, named after 2nd Lieutenant Caspar Collins, a U.S. Army officer who was killed in the 1865 Battle of the Platte Bridge Station against the Lakota and Cheyenne. Founded in 1859 along the banks of the North Platte River as a trading post and toll bridge on the Oregon Trail, the post was later taken over by the Army and named Platte Bridge Station to protect emigrants and the telegraph line against raids from Lakota and Cheyenne in the ongoing wars between those nations and the United States. The site of the fort, near the intersection of 13th Street and Wyoming Boulevard in Casper, Wyoming, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is now owned and operated by the City of Casper as the Fort Caspar Museum and Historic Site.

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Battle of Platte Bridge ⓘ
battle fought in Wyoming in 1865
Fort Caspar ⓘ
Wyoming, a former US Army military post on the National Register of historic Places

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1865 Battle of Platte Bridge

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Reconstructed buildings at the site of Fort Caspar museum in Casper, Wyoming

B-2. Site of Fort CasparPlatte Bridge Station, Fort Caspar Museum, 1847 Mormon Ferry, and Guinard Bridge (4001 Fort Caspar Road (3981a82e-3c67-4d48-8c38-57c8b99b7cfe)

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source

event	armed conflict	1865	Battle of Platte Bridge	battle	Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places listed place page^@		Wikidata
link	page		National Register of Historic Places page^@		Wikidata
link	page		FortWiki page^@		Wikidata
link	page		Tripadvisor page^@		Wikidata
site	fort		Fort Caspar	fort	Wikidata
commons	image		Reconstructed buildings at the site of Fort Caspar museum in Casper, Wyoming		Commons
commons	image		Reconstructed buildings at the site of Fort Caspar museum in Casper, Wyoming		Commons
commons	image		B-2. Site of Fort CasparPlatte Bridge Station, Fort Caspar Museum, 1847 Mormon Ferry, and Guinard Bridge (4001 Fort Caspar Road (3981a82e-3c67-4d48-8c38-57c8b99b7cfe)		Commons
commons	image		Caspar 06-30-2008 09;57;53PM		Commons
commons	image		PlatteBridgeCasperWY		Commons
commons	image		FortCasperWY		Commons
commons	image		PlatteBridgeCasperWY		Commons
commons	image		FortCasperWY		Commons

Fort Caspar

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