Name: Camp Augur

 

County: Fremont

 

Authority Name: Camp Augur (Wyo.) 

 

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Longitude:  1085256W

Latitude: 430023N 

 

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Elevation: 5571/1698

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Locale 

 

Origin of Name: 

Named for General C.C. Augur, one time commander of the Mountain Division of the United States Army. It was later changed to Fort Brown in 1870.

Source: WPA 

 

Established in 1869 and named for General C. C. Augur

Source: Annals 14(3) 

 

Other Names: Camp Brown, Fort Brown, Fort Washakie 

 

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History: 

Established June 28, 1869 as Camp Augur. Name changed to Camp Brown March 28, 1870 and to Fort Washakie, December 30, 1878.

Source: US Military Reservations 

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Fort Washakie

 

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