Fort Laramie National Historic Site
National Historic Site · Fort Laramie, Wyoming
A fur-trading post founded in 1834 where the Laramie River meets the North Platte, bought by the US Army in 1849 and garrisoned until 1890. It stood on the Oregon, California and Mormon trails, was a Pony Express and stage station, and is where the Fort Laramie treaties of 1851 and 1868 were made with the Lakota and other Plains nations — the second of which promised the Black Hills to the Lakota. Restored and furnished buildings stand around the parade ground, including Old Bedlam of 1849, and costumed interpreters work there in summer. It is remote, quiet and one of the most important places in the history of the American West.
965 Gray Rocks Road, Fort Laramie, Wyoming, 82212, United States
Grounds open daily, generally dawn to dusk. Visitor centre open daily with seasonal hours, longest in summer; closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. Living-history programmes mainly June to August. Check nps.gov/fola for current hours and fees.
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