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

Cavalry Barracks

Fort Laramie National Historic Site

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 30, 2008

1. Cavalry Barracks Marker

Inscription. The building before you is the only surviving enlisted men's barracks at Fort Laramie. The building proper was completed in late 1874 and was designed to provide quarters and other needed support facilities for two companies of soldiers, The veranda, although originally planned, was not added until 1883. As constructed the entire second floor was made up of only two equal, large rooms. These were the company dormitory bays or squad rooms where the enlisted soldiers lived. Each could house about sixty soldiers or one company. On the first floor below each squad room, the building was divided into a kitchen, messroom, cook's room, storage room, wash room, library, armory and orderly room for the N.C.O.'s and non-commissioned officers room.

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. A significant historical year for this entry is 1874.

Location. 42° 12.269′ N, 104° 33.407′ W. Memorial is in Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in Goshen County. It is on County Route 53. Touch for map.

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Memorial is at or near this postal address: 965 Gray Rocks Road (Park Entrance), Fort Laramie WY 82212, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Wyoming’s Laramie Basin and in the Westward Expansion Trails Region.

It is also in the American Mountain West,

on the Great Plains,

and specifically on the High Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Sutler’s House (within shouting distance of this marker); Fort Laramie (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Transcontinental Telegraph (about 300 feet away); The Pony Express (about 300 feet away); a different marker also named The Pony Express (about 300 feet away); Commissary Storehouse (about 300 feet away); The Post Hospital (about 300 feet away); Fort Laramie National Historic Site (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Laramie.

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

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 30, 2008

2. Close up map of Fort Laramie National Historic Site

Cavalry Barracks Marker-close up photo image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 30, 2008

3. Cavalry Barracks Marker-close up photo

Cavalry Barracks Marker-distance photo image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 30, 2008

4. Cavalry Barracks Marker-distance photo

Other building on the NHS image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 30, 2008

5. Other building on the NHS

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

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 30, 2008

6. Fort Laramie National Historic Site-Entrance Sign

Inside Cavalry Barracks image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 2, 2015

7. Inside Cavalry Barracks

Cavalry Barracks Mess Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 2, 2015

8. Cavalry Barracks Mess Hall

Cavalry Barracks Bunks image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 2, 2015

9. Cavalry Barracks Bunks

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 706 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on January 1, 2014, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. 7, 8, 9. submitted on August 11, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.