Name: Fort Fred Steele

 

County: Carbon

 

Authority Name: Fort Fred Steele (Wyo. : Fort)

 

GNIS Entry

 

Longitude:  1065619W

Latitude: 414639N

 

Legal Description:

 

Elevation: 6470/1972

(ft/m)

 

Feature Type: Locale, Fort, Post Office

 

Origin of Name:

Established in 1868 and named for Major General Frederick Steele of Civil War fame.

Source: Annals 14(3)  

 

Fort Fred Steele was located on the North Platte River on the Union Pacific Railroad between Hanna and Rawlins. The fort was named for General Frederick Steele of Mexican and Civil War fame, who died January 12, 1868, and was used as a military post from June 30, 1868 to August 7, 1886.

Source: WPA

 

Other Names: Fort Steele

 

Alternative Spellings: Ft. Fred Steele 

 

History:

Fort Fred Steele Post Office was established on July 10, 1868 with Lewis Lowry as its postmaster. It was discontinued on April 7, 1967 and its mail then handled by Rawlins Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

Station on the Union Pacific Railroad and Fort Fred Steel Postoffice, in Carbon County, 16 miles east of Rawlins, the county seat and nearest banking point. Stock raising the leading industry. Good hunting and fishing. Population 100. Altitude 6,505 feet.

Source: Wyoming State Business Directory, 1922

 

Stories:

 

Maps:

1:24000 Quadrangle: Fort Steele

 

Newspapers:

 

More Information: 

Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site

http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/Site/SiteInfo.asp?siteID=16

 

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