Fort Caspar

Location: This is a City of Casper Park and a National Register Place consisting of the reconstructed fort. It is located on the west side of Casper in a bend of the North Platte River. It can be reached by traveling south on Wyoming Boulevard for 1.6 miles from its junction in the town of Mills with Highway 20-26. Fort Caspar lies just to the right (west) of the junction of Wyoming Boulevard and 13th Street.

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History: Trader Louis Guinard constructed a sturdy toll bridge across the North Platte River here in 1859 with the first emigrants using it in 1860. He also established a log trading post on the south side of the river. The post was also used as a stage stop and a Pony Express Station. Emigrants who crossed to the north side of the river here followed the northern variation, generally considered the primary route of the Oregon Trail. Their next landmark was Emigrant Gap (Stop No. 9), while those who followed the south side of the river crossed at Bessemer Bend (Stop No. 8).

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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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