Fort Laramie in Goshen County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)

Commissary Storehouse

Fort Laramie National Historic Site

— Visitor Center —

Commissary Storehouse Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, August 30, 2008

1. Commissary Storehouse Marker

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

This building was completed in 1884. It was built as a commissary storage facility. As such it would have been primarily divided into two large storerooms: one for meat and one for flour, rice, and beans. Three or four smaller rooms would have been used as offices, an "issue room" and a storage room for canned goods. This building also had a partial cellar with a trap door for use with a hand-operated elevator, rations and other official army food items were issued from this building. A commissary officer and sergeant ran the operation.

Erected by National Park Service-United States Department of the Interior.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Settlements & Settlers • Wars, US Indian.

Location. 42° 12.223′ N, 104° 33.376′ W. Marker is in Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in Goshen County. Memorial is on 53. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 965 Gray Rocks Road (Park Entrance), Fort Laramie WY 82212, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The Post Bakeries (within shouting distance of this

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marker); The Sutler’s House (within shouting distance of this marker); Transcontinental Telegraph (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Fort Laramie (about 300 feet away); Cavalry Barracks (about 300 feet away); The Pony Express (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named The Pony Express (about 300 feet away); The Sutler’s Store (about 300 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Laramie.

Marker at Fort Laramie image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 2, 2015

2. Marker at Fort Laramie

Close up map of Fort Laramie National Historic Site image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, August 30, 2008

3. Close up map of Fort Laramie National Historic Site

Commissary Storehouse and Visitor Center image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, August 30, 2008

4. Commissary Storehouse and Visitor Center

Visitor Center-inside photo image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, August 30, 2008

5. Visitor Center-inside photo

Photographed By Don Morfe, August 30, 2008

6. Visitor Center-inside photo

Photographed By Don Morfe, August 30, 2008

7. Visitor Center-inside photo

Photographed By Don Morfe, August 30, 2008

8. Visitor Center-inside photo

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, August 2, 2015

9. Visitor Center-inside photo

Fort Laramie National Historic Site-Entrance Sign image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Don Morfe, August 30, 2008

10. Fort Laramie National Historic Site-Entrance Sign

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on January 1, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 555 times since then and 86 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on January 1, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 2. submitted on August 12, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on January 1, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 9. submitted on August 12, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 10. submitted on January 1, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.