Historic Structures Report, Part I: 1874 Cavalry Barracks (Bldg. 5)
1969. Historic Structures Report, Part I: 1874 Cavalry Barracks (Bldg. 5). 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 report concerns the Cavalry Barracks (building no. 5) at Fort Laramie. Built in 1874, the building is intended to be restored and refurnished Cavalry Barracks of summer, 1876.
- Type
- Published Report
- Date of Issue
- 1969-06
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- FOLA , IMR
- Keywords
- barracks, cavalry, cheyenne, fort, frontier, lime-concrete, military, sioux, utah
- Subjects
- CRIS-HS: 000335: Cavalry Barracks