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Fort Bridger State Historic Site

Fort Bridger State Historic Site
Exhibit in the 1880's Baracks Museum

Fort Bridger was established in 1843 by Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez. It served as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail. Briefly owned by the Mormons in the 1850's, it became a military outpost in 1858. Decommissioned in 1890, it became a Wyoming State Park in 1928.

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