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Fort Bridger

About Fort Bridger

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 and was then part of Mexico. 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.

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Open-air museum
Founded
1928

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Photos of Fort Bridger

  1. Fort Bridger, Uinta County01Uinta CountyUnknown photographer · CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. ONHT Ft-Bridger-Cmdr Qtrs02ONHT Ft-Bridger-Cmdr Qtrsunknown NPS photographer · Public domain
  3. Fort Bridger on the Green River03On the Green RiverJames Ackerman (lithographer) · Public domain
  4. FT BRIDGER04FT BRIDGERCelt1007 · CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. Fort Bridger - Uinta Mts. Wy.05Uinta Mts. Wy.Charles Roscoe Savage · Public domain
  6. Fort Bridger Carriage House06Carriage Housegillfoto · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Nearby museums

Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 34 miles of Fort Bridger; the closest, Bridger Valley Heritage Museum, is about 3.8 miles away.