Central Wyoming Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site
Fort Fred Steele State Historic Site
Location
c/o Seminoe State Park
Box 30, HCR 67
Sinclair, WY 82334-9801
(307) 320-3013 (Office)
Steve Horn, Superintendent
Site Facilities
Fort Fred Steele State Historic site is about 12 miles east of Rawlins, Wyoming and 1.25 miles north of Ft. Steele Rest Area just off of Interstate 80.
Fort Fred Steele was established on June 20, 1868 and occupied until August 7, 1886 by soldiers who were sent by the U.S. Government to guard against attack from indians. The construction of the Trans Continental Union Pacific Railroad across southern Wyoming 1867-1869, in turn, brought the cattlement, sheepherders, loggers, tie hacks, miners and merchants who changed the wasteland into Wyoming Territory.
Colonel Richard I. Dodge, who selected this site on the west bank of the North Platte River, named the fort for Major General Frederick Steele, 20th U.S. Infantry, a Civil War hero.
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