Gezilecek yerler
- Fort Caspar was a military post of the United States Army in present-day Wyoming, named after 2nd Lieutenant Caspar Collins...
- Originally started in the 1970s, the project aims to install headstones for all of the soldiers who died while in the line of duty at Fort Caspar between 1862 and 1867.
- The post was renamed in honor of Lieutenant Caspar Collins after his death in the Battle of Platte Bridge in 1865.
- Shortly after these skirmishes, the Army officially renamed the outpost Fort Caspar in honor of the fallen lieutenant.
- The recently expanded Fort Caspar Museum offers permanent and touring exhibits highlighting regional history, and volunteer reenactors help visitors...
- Fort Caspar Museum & Historic Site 4001 Fort Caspar Road Casper, Wyoming 82604 Phone: 307-235-8462.
- We have visited Fort Laramie and many western towns, such as Cody, so we have been to many museums, but this Caspar museum helps to complete the...
- The fort reconstruction was built in 1936 by the Works Progress Administration and is based on the diagram of the post made by Lieutenant Caspar Collins.
- The Fort Caspar Museum features reconstructed buildings, including a stockade and a replica of the Mormon ferry that operated in Casper from 1847-1849.
- The Army renamed the station Fort Caspar in honor of Collins, adopting his given name to distinguish it from a fort named for Collins’ father that already existed in...