Name: Fort Fetterman

 

County: Converse

 

Authority Name: Fort Fetterman (Wyo.)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude: 1052847W

Latitude: 425025N

 

Elevation:  4980/1518

(ft/m) 

 

Feature Type: Locale

 

Origin of Name:

 

Village in Albany County [sic], Wyoming named for Lieut. Col. W. J Fetterman, killed by the Indians in 1866.

Source: Gannett, 1905

 

An important trading and military post, established July 19, 1867, at the mouth of La Prele Creek, under the supervision of Major William M. Dye of the fourth Infantry. It was named in honor of brevet Lieutenant Colonel William J. Fetterman, twenty fourth Infantry, killed December 21, 1866, with officers and men, by an overwhelming force of Sioux Indians under the directions of Chief Red Cloud. It was abandoned by order of the Secretary of War in 1878.

Source: WPA

 

The post received its name in honor of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel William J. Fetterman, captain in the Twenty-seventy Infantry, who, with his whole command was killed in the Indian massacre near Fort Phil. Kearney, December 21, 1866.

Source: Coutant

 

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History:

Fort Fetterman, Wyoming. Near mouth of La Prele Creek.

Source: Heitman

 

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Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Douglas

 

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More Information:

Fort Fetterman State Historic Site

http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/Site/SiteInfo.asp?siteID=15

 

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