Wyoming, United States · North America
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Fort Washakie is a town located in Wyoming, United States. With a population of 1,759, it is an important destination in North America.
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Fort Washakie was a U.S. Army fort in what is now the U.S. state of Wyoming. The fort was established in 1869 and named Camp Augur after General Christopher C. Augur, commander of the Department of the Platte. In 1870 the camp was renamed Camp Brown in honor of Captain Frederick H. Brown, who was killed in theRead more
Fetterman Massacre in 1866.
It was renamed again in 1878 in honor of Chief Washakie of the Shoshone tribe, making the fort one of the only U.S. military outposts named after a Native American. (Another fort named for a Native American was Fort E.S. Parker, the original Crow Agency in Montana that operated from 1869 to 1875, which was named after the Seneca lawyer Eli Parker, who was a General under Ulysses Grant.)
Fort Washakie was operated as a military outpost until 1909; the final post commander, William A. McCain oversaw its decommissioning and transfer to the Shoshone Indian Agency. The graves of Washakie and Lewis and Clark Expedition guide Sacajawea are located on the grounds of the fort. The site is included within the present-day Wind River Indian Reservation.
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Fort Washakie is located in Wyoming, United States, North America. The coordinates are 43.0063 latitude, -108.8824 longitude.
Fort Washakie has a population of approximately 1,759 people, making it a town in United States.
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