Fort Laramie Bound
by Jon Burch Photography
Title
Fort Laramie Bound
Artist
Jon Burch Photography
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photography
Description
Leaving Scott’s Bluff in Nebraska, not so faint wagon tracks can be seen heading northwest toward Fort Laramie, Wyoming.
Fort Laramie was an important spot in the Wyoming Territory, and would function as such until 1890. Oddly enough, it was the same year that Wyoming would become a State, that the last garrison of the post at Fort Laramie marched off, and on April 20th, 1890, Fort Laramie was officially abandoned. An amazing run had come to an end. Fort Laramie wasn't just the first settlement in Wyoming, it was also the first military post, it had the first school in Wyoming, and the first post office. Old Bedlam, the oldest standing building in Wyoming, was built at Fort Laramie in 1849.
Some digital effects were applied to the original image after the photograph was made. No electrons were harmed during the transition. Your finished photograph will not contain the Fine Art America watermark.
Image copyright 2021 Jon Burch Photography.
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June 18th, 2021
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