Near Fort Laramie in Goshen County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)
Fort Platte
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 22, 2014
1. Fort Platte Marker
Lancaster P. Lupton
in 1841.
Stood fifty yards to the
north.
Erected 1951 by Historical Landmarks Commission of Wyoming.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1841.
Location. 42° 12.549′ N, 104° 32.248′ W. Marker is near Fort Laramie, Wyoming, in Goshen County. It is on State Highway 160 near State Highway 59, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Laramie WY 82212, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker 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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Spanning a Century: End of an Era (approx. 0.2 miles away); Old Army Bridge Over the Platte River (approx. Ό mile away); Fort Laramie National Historic Site (approx. 0.8 miles away); The Cavalry Stables (approx. one mile away); Noncommissioned Officers Quarters (approx. one mile away); Handcarts The New Plan (approx. one mile away); Post Quartermasters Area (approx. one mile away); Wheres the Wall? (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Laramie.
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Photographed by Bill Coughlin, August 2, 2015
2. Fort Platte Marker
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, August 22, 2014
3. Fort Platte Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 16, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 19, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 909 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on December 19, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. 2. submitted on August 12, 2015, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 3. submitted on December 19, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
