Battle of Red Buttes

Location: Battle location approximately three to four miles west of Fort Caspar on the north side if the North Platte River; exact location unknown. Site indicated by a historical marker at the paved turnout on the north side of Highway 220 about 0.6 mile west of Robertson Road, or three miles southwest of the intersection of Highway 220 and Wyoming Boulevard.

Wagon

History: On July 21, 1865, a military wagon train left Platte Bridge Station (Fort Caspar) to carry rations and cargo to Sweetwater Station, the next post to the west. The return trip on July 26 was under the command of Sergeant Amos Custard, who had been warned that there were hostile Indians in the vicinity. That afternoon, the train of three wagons was attacked on the north side of the North Platte by a large party of Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians.

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Stop 1 Oregon Trail Burial - Quintina Snoderly · Stop 2 Edness Kimball Wilkins State Park · Stop 3 Richard's (Reshaw's) Bridge and Trading Post · Stop 4 Mormon Ferry, Probable Second Site · Stop 5 Mormon Ferry, Probable First Site · Stop 6 Fort Caspar · Stop 7 Battle of Red Buttes · Stop 8 Bessemer Bend/Red Buttes Crossing · Stop 9 Emigrant Gap · Stop 10 Avenue of Rocks/Devil's Backbone/Clayton's Slough · Stop 11 Willow Springs · Stop 12 Prospect Hill/Ryan Hill · Stop 13 Horse Creek (Greasewood) · Stop 14 Saleratus (Playa) Lake/Sweetwater Pony Express Station · Stop 15 Independence Rock · Stop 16 Devil's Gate · Stop 17 Martin's Cove · Stop 18 Split Rock

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