Fort Bridger | |
Location | Uinta County, Wyoming |
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Nearest city | Fort Bridger, Wyoming |
Coordinates | 41°19′4″N 110°23′31″W / 41.31778°N 110.39194°W |
NRHP reference No. | 69000197 |
Added to NRHP | 1969-04-16 |
Fort Bridger was originally a 19th-century fur trading outpost established in 1842, on Blacks Fork of the Green River, in what is now Uinta County, Wyoming, United States. It became a vital resupply point for wagon trains on the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails. The US Army established a military post here in 1858 during the Utah War, until it was finally closed in 1890. A small town, Fort Bridger, Wyoming, remains near the fort and takes its name from it.