Name: Camp Connor

County: Johnson

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Feature Type: Locale

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Named for General P.E. Connor, who commanded a part of the Powder River Expedition. Later the name was changed to Fort Reno.  

Source: WPA

Other Names: Cantonment Connor, Fort Connor

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Fort Connor was founded in July 1865 by Major General P. E. Connor, as a temporary supply base for his Powder River expedition. The crude buildings stood on a mesa, rising more than 100 feet above the river and extending to white bluffs five miles west. Fort Connor was garrisoned for only a year. Then Colonel H. B. Carrington chose a more strategic site a mile up the river, near a pure spring, and built Fort Reno (named for Major General Jesse L. Reno), a log stockade with blockhouses and bastions.

Source: Wyoming Guide 

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