County: Converse

Authority Name: Camp Marshall (Wyo.)

GNIS Entry

Longitude:  1052247W

Latitude: 423619N

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Elevation: 4888/1490

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Feature Type: Locale

Origin of Name:

Other Names: Old Camp Marshall, LaBonte Stage Station

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History:

Camp Marshall, also known as La Bonte; telegraph station about sixty-six miles west of Fort Laramie. Ten miles east of this old station, in 1857, Jim Bridger had a ferry which was in operation for the two following years. The site of the old ferry is a few miles east of Orin Junction of today, where the railroad bridge crosses the North Platte. From this point the old Bozeman Trail, on its way to the Powder River country, left the North Platte.

Source: Hebard and Brininstool

An early camp, destroyed by the Government in 1872 to stop the selling of liquor to the Indians.

Source: WPA

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1:24000 Quadrangle: Poison Lake 

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