Fort Laramie, historic Wyoming outpost for trappers, travelers and soldiers, turns 175

FORT LARAMIE, Wyo. — The frontiersmen who built this outpost in 1834 picked a spot they hoped would enable them to dominate the regional buffalo-hide trade: a valley where two rivers run together and the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains.

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