Fort Caspar, Casper, WY
Our first day in Casper, we wanted to see Fort Caspar, not "Casper" as it was supposed to be a restored Fort on the site of the original. It was not far from the campground (Sunflowers RV Campground) where we are staying.
Link to more pictures of the visit to Fort Caspar, here.
This was a nice museum, the fort was reconstructed in 1937 and documents one of the original forts set up to protect travelers and the surrounding territory. The Fort was here to protect not only the travelers, but the Pone Express trails and the Trans-continental Telegraph. A link to a more detailed history is here. I am not going to regurgitate the history on these pages. Brigham Young also established the first ferry in the territory while trying to cross the flooded Platte River and occupied and operated the ferry for years afterward even as they traveled on to Salt Lake territory.
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| This was a recreation of a telegraph station. I thought the four shot derringer was a nice touch. |
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| It always amazes me how much difficulty these frontiersmen endured in their lives and they probably thought they had it good. |
We didn't do much else while we were in Casper. But, this was a nice way to spend a few hours and learn a little about our history.
LUV 2 U ALL! We hope you are enjoying the posts. We will have more as we go, but nothing like some of the sites we have seen so far. Thanks for all the prayers. See you soon!
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