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Title:
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Wyoming WPA Subject File, Fort Reno "Fort Reno"
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Collection Name:
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WPA Collection
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Collection Number:
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WPA Subject 76a Fort Reno
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Item Description:
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Fort Reno - "Fort Reno", no published source, n.d.
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Date:
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Undated
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Link to Finding Aid:
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https://rmoa.unm.edu/docviewer.php?docId=wy-arwpa.xml
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Notes:
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Fort Reno on the Bozeman Trail
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Notes:
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located 25 miles from Kaycee (Johnson Co., Wyo.) - on west bank of Powder River
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Notes:
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erected in Wyoming Territory by 18th U. S. Infantry soldiers (1866)
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Notes:
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Carrington, Col. Henry B. - commander, 18th U. S. Infantry, U. S. Army
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Notes:
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named for Reno, Gen. Isaac - Civil War hero
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Notes:
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"Portuguese Houses" - remains of first trading post in Wyo. Terr. (built 1826)
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Notes:
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Mateo, Antonio - trading post operator
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Notes:
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Lost Cabin Mine - gold - discovered early 1860s
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Notes:
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Fort Reno abandoned (1868)
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Filename:
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WPA Sub 76A FORTS - Fort Reno.pdf
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Rights:
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No Copyright - United States, https://rightsstatements.org/page/NoC-US/1.0/?language=en
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Type:
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Text
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