Name: Camp Carlin

 

County: Laramie

 

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Captain E.B. Carlin [sic] constructed a Quartermasters Depot on Crow Creek about halfway between Fort D.A. Russell and the town of Cheyenne, upon completion of the railroad across the continent. Supplies formerly transported by wagon were now shipped by rail, and the camp became a distribution point for army freight. Later it became “Cheyenne Depot,” was the second largest army camp and a marvel to the frontiersmen. One hundred wagons and five pack trains operated from the depot, supplying 12 posts, some 400 miles distant. As the needs of military forces lessened, the camp was abandoned in 1887.

Source: WPA

 

Named for Colonel E. B. Carling and later misspelled. Renamed Cheyenne Depot soon after its establishment.

Source: Annals 14(3)  

 

Other Names: Cheyenne Depot, Camp Carling

 

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Fort D. A. Russell was established July 31, 1837, by General Auger, and intended to accommodate sixteen companies. It is three miles from Cheyenne, on Crow Creek, which washes two sides of the enclosure. It is connected by side-track with the Union Pacific railroad at Cheyenne. The quarter-master's department—12 store-houses—is located between the fort and the town, at " Camp Carling." Several million pounds of Government stores are gathered here, from which the forts to the northwest draw their supplies. The reservation on which the fort is situated was declared by the President, June 28th, 1869, and contains 4,512 acres.

Source: Crofutt, 1884

 

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