Name: Fort Halleck

 

County: Carbon

 

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Feature Type: Locale, Fort, Post Office

 

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Established in 1862 and named for Major General H. W. Halleck.

Source: Annals 14(3)  

 

Named in honor of General Henry W. Halleck, one of the noted Union Generals in the Civil War, it was established on July 20, 1862. It was located near the foot of the Medicine Bow Mountains and was for a time the most important military post in the Rocky Mountain Region, being the center of the Indian warfare. The Eleventh Ohio Cavalry was in command of the post. The troops worked both east and west of the fort, guarding mail coaches and emigrant trains, and saw hard service. Early in 1865, when the Indians began their raids on the Overland stations, the garrison at Fort Halleck was increased. A year later the seat of Indian warfare had shifted to the valleys of the Big Horn and Powder Rivers and on July 4, 1866, Fort Halleck was abandoned.

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Fort Halleck Post Office was established on January 2, 1863 in Nebraska Territory with J. H. Jones as postmaster. It was discontinued on January 20, 1886 and its mail then handled by the Carbon Post Office.

Source: Wyoming Post Offices

 

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