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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Fort Bridger ranks #1,696 of 5,479 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #42 of the 77 mapped in United States. Founded 1928 — one of 118 atlas entries founded in the 20th century. See how United States compares in the castle statistics.

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