tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3378211050101354121.post6424845953531811676..comments2022-08-04T12:16:39.636-06:00Comments on Today In Wyoming's History: January 13Pat Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05085914852278228313noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3378211050101354121.post-75776881337353777292012-01-14T06:14:23.719-07:002012-01-14T06:14:23.719-07:00You may very well be correct, and I missed what yo...You may very well be correct, and I missed what you noted about other sources indicating that the creek was between the Ft. Fetterman Road and Ft. Laramie. That couldn't have been the Casper area creek.<br /><br /><br />And, by 1877, the forts around Casper were abandoned. No doubt the Army continued to patrol the trails out this far, but the next fort to the west would have been quite some distance.Pat Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05085914852278228313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3378211050101354121.post-38912362716905614512012-01-13T16:17:21.097-07:002012-01-13T16:17:21.097-07:00I knew about the Casper area Elkhorn Creek but rea...I knew about the Casper area Elkhorn Creek but really didn't think it was 'between' Laramie and Fort Fetterman but guess it could have been that site also. We'll probably never know for sure. No GPS in 1877. Look how far we've come!Merideth in Wyominghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10953715963384764551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3378211050101354121.post-22107533124456998582012-01-13T14:34:38.627-07:002012-01-13T14:34:38.627-07:00That's a good guess.
There's another Elkh...That's a good guess.<br /><br />There's another Elkhorn Creek that runs through Casper, and starts in Casper Mountain. It had an Army manned telegraph station on it in the 1860s, but not in so far as I know in the 1870s. That location withstood an Indian attack in the mid 1860s, but I don't know of it being in any scraps in the 1870s. It's a possibility as well, however, as it ran past the Oregon Trail in this location.Pat Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05085914852278228313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3378211050101354121.post-67071733101729154412012-01-13T13:01:48.374-07:002012-01-13T13:01:48.374-07:00My guess is that is Elkhorn Creek that flows from ...My guess is that is Elkhorn Creek that flows from the Laramie Mountains into Glendo reservoir as some sites reference it was between Laramie and Fort Fetterman. Elkhorn Creeks headwaters are east of the old Fort Fetterman road from Laramie to Douglas.Merideth in Wyominghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10953715963384764551noreply@blogger.com