Historic Structures Report, Parts I-II: Restoration and Rehabilitation of Old Bedlam (Bldg. 1)
Ringenbach RB, Hieb DL, Gann RH. 1961. Historic Structures Report, Parts I-II: Restoration and Rehabilitation of Old Bedlam (Bldg. 1). Historic Structure Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Originally established as a private fur trading fort in 1834, Fort Laramie evolved into the largest and best known military post on the Northern Plains before its abandonment in 1890. This “grand old post” witnessed the entire sweeping saga of America’s western expansion and Indian resistance to encroachment on their territories. This document contains both Part I and Part II of the Historic Structure Report for Old Bedlam at Fort Laramie National Historic Site. It is proposed within to restore Old Bedlam to sound structural condition and to the external and internal appearance prevailing during the period 1849-1867. This would be the general appearance of the period when this building was used as the Commanding Officer's Quarters, and jointly, as Bachelor Officers' Quarters. Thus restored to a historic period no later than 1867, Old Bedlam will consist of one six-room unit and two three-room units. The restored unit would be critical in interpreting the significant events of the site, such as peak emigration of 1850, the Treaty Council of 1851, the Grattan Massacre of 1854, the Sioux, Cheyenne, and Utah Expeditions of the later 1850s, and the Indian Wars and associated historic events of the 1860s.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Ringenbach, Ray; Hieb, David; Gann, Robert
- Date of Issue
- 1961-09
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- FOLA , IMR
- Keywords
- Cheyenne, fort, frontier, Indian Wars, rehabilitation, restoration, Sioux, Utah
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000323: Old Bedlam