Fort Laramie and the Forty-Niners
Mattes MJ. 1949. Fort Laramie and the Forty-Niners. Rocky Mountain Nature Association
This booklet is intended to memorialize the men- soldiers, traders, emigrants- who were actors in the immortal drama of 1849. The present study is a detailed, documented, chronological account of one momentous year in the annals of Fort Laramie. It is a self-contained chapter in a projected official history of the post. It is designed with a minimum of editorial comment, to permit the contemporary actors to tell their own epic story.