COLLECTION NAME:
Wyoming State Archives WPA Federal Writers Project Files
Record
Title:
Wyoming WPA Subject File, Fort Reno "Fort Reno"
Collection Name:
WPA Collection
Collection Number:
WPA Subject 76a Fort Reno
Item Description:
Fort Reno - "Fort Reno", no published source, n.d.
Date:
Undated
Notes:
Fort Reno on the Bozeman Trail
Notes:
located 25 miles from Kaycee (Johnson Co., Wyo.) - on west bank of Powder River
Notes:
erected in Wyoming Territory by 18th U. S. Infantry soldiers (1866)
Notes:
Carrington, Col. Henry B. - commander, 18th U. S. Infantry, U. S. Army
Notes:
named for Reno, Gen. Isaac - Civil War hero
Notes:
"Portuguese Houses" - remains of first trading post in Wyo. Terr. (built 1826)
Notes:
Mateo, Antonio - trading post operator
Notes:
Lost Cabin Mine - gold - discovered early 1860s
Notes:
Fort Reno abandoned (1868)
Filename:
WPA Sub 76A FORTS - Fort Reno.pdf
Type:
Text