Everything about Fort Bridger totally explained
Fort Bridger was a
19th century fur trading outpost established in
1842 on
Blacks Fork of the Green River. A small town
Fort Bridger,
Wyoming remains near the fort and takes its name from the fort. The post was established by the
mountain man Jim Bridger, after whom it's named, and
Louis Vasquez. During the
1840s through
1860s, the post served as a vital resupply point for wagon trains on the
Oregon Trail,
California Trail, and
Mormon Trail.
With the arrival of the
Mormon pioneers in
1847, disputes arose between Bridger and the new settlers. By
1853, a militia of Mormons was sent to arrest Bridger for selling alcohol and firearms to the
Native Americans. Bridger escaped capture, temporarily returning to the East. The Mormons established nearby their Fort Supply the same year. In
1855, Mormons took over Fort Bridger reportedly buying it from Bridger for $8,000 in gold coins.
On the night of
October 7,
1857,
"Wild Bill" Hickman set fire to the fort to keep it from falling into the hands of the approaching
United States Army during the
Utah War. At the end of hostilities, the United States Congress rejected
Brigham Young's claim to the fort, nor did it recognize Jim Bridger's continuing claims to the fort. Instead, the fort was profitably run by
William Alexander Carter. However, by
1869 the
Union Pacific Railroad made the fort obsolete.
In
1928, Fort Bridger was sold to the
Wyoming Historic Landmark Commission for preservation as a
historic monument.
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