Fort Caspar
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fort-caspar-265-9573176
title:
Fort Caspar
text:
Fort Caspar was a military post of the United States Army in present-day Wyoming, named after 2nd Lieutenant Caspar Collins, a U.S. Army officer who was killed in the 1865 Battle of the Platte Bridge Station against the Lakota and Cheyenne. Founded in 1859 along the banks of the North Platte River as a trading post and toll bridge on the Oregon Trail, the post was later taken over by the Army and named Platte Bridge Station to protect emigrants and the telegraph line against raids from Lakota an
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
United States historic place
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Caspar
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date modified:
2023-11-10T02:54:19Z
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13
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