The Fort Laramie National Historic Site encompasses over 800 acres near Fort Laramie WY. The buildings range from foundations to ruins to restored historic structures.
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"There are 36 significant physical remains at Fort Laramie that provide the context for understanding the people and events associated with the park. . . .
Fort Laramie National Historic Site has several visible foundations, including the following: the Footbridge (HS-35), the Outbuildings (HS-33 and 34), the 1858 Officer's House (HS-30), the Ice House (HS-32), Married E.M. Quarters (HS-29), the Sutler's Residence (HS-28), the Three-Company Barracks (HS-24), and the'Two-Company Enlisted Men's Barracks (HS-25).
Eleven standing ruins remain at Fort Laramie. These include the following: the Officers' Quarters Ruins (HS-11), the Hospital (HS-13), the Administration Building (HS-17), Officers' Quarters D, C, and B (HS-18, 19, and 20), Married Non-commissioned Officers' Quarters (HS-21), Powerhouse/Sawmill (HS-22), the New Bakery (HS-23), the General Sink (HS-26), and 1850 Guardhouse (HS-27). . . ."
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Most of the historic structures and ruins are situated on the first stream terrace, from 10 to 16 feet above the former flood plain of the Laramie River. The Hospital (HS-13), the Noncommissioned Officers' Quarters ruins (HS-21), and the pre-1867 cemetery are on the second stream terrace, which rises sharply from the first terrace to a height of 20 to 25 feet above the old flood plain.
This Commissary (HS-9) Old Bakery (HS-10) and New Bakery ruins (HS-23) are on the upper margin of the old flood plain; but upstream river control has largely eliminated flood danger, A large number of historic structure sites also lie on the old flood plain downstream from the Commissary and Old Bakery.
On the south side of the Laramie River, the sites of several army buildings and two trading posts are on the first stream terrace, about 10 feet above the old flood plain.
The trading posts were of a more temporary status. The Ward and Guerrier Posts existed during 1854-55. According to retired National Park Service Historian Merrill Mattes in Fort Laramie Park History 1834-1977, "The paucity of remains of the brevity of this establishment (1854-55), has permitted on the Reservation only briefly after the Grattan Massacre, suggests that the site is scarcely important enough to worry about."