Historic Structures Report, Part II: The 1876 Bakery (Bldg. 10)

Sheire J and Pope CS. 1969. Historic Structures Report, Part II: The 1876 Bakery (Bldg. 10). 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 historic structure report concerns The 1876 Bakery (Building no. 10), also referred to as The Old Bakery. The historic building is planned to be an unmanned station, structurally restored with a bake oven, but not refurnished. The third bake house built at Fort Laramie, The 1876 Bakery is one of a very few, if not the only such surviving bakery in historic military posts west of the Mississippi.

Type
Published Report
Authors
Sheire, James; Pope, Charles
Date of Issue
1969-05
Publisher
U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
Units
FOLA , IMR
Keywords
bakery, brick, Cheyenne, fort, frontier, Indian Wars, lime-concrete, military, restoration, Sioux, stabilization, Utah
Subjects
CRIS-HS: 000332: Old 1876 Bakery

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