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Jon Burch Greeting Card featuring the photograph Fort Laramie by Jon Burch Photography

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Fort Laramie Greeting Card

Jon Burch Photography

by Jon Burch Photography

$13.95

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Product Details

Our greeting cards are 5" x 7" in size and are produced on digital offset printers using 100 lb. paper stock. Each card is coated with a UV protectant on the outside surface which produces a semi-gloss finish. The inside of each card has a matte white finish and can be customized with your own message up to 500 characters in length. Each card comes with a white envelope for mailing or gift giving.

Design Details

Only the names have changed. Old Fort Laramie was first Fort William, then Fort John, long before it would take its final given name, Fort Laramie,... more

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Comments (14)

Ramon Martinez

Ramon Martinez

Congratulations on your recent sale! Happy New Year!

Thank you Ramon, U 2!

Maria Keady

Maria Keady

Congrats on your sale!!

Thank you Maria!

Jon Burch Photography

Jon Burch Photography

Many thanks to my UK collector!

Jon Burch Photography

Jon Burch Photography

Thanks for the features everybody!

Hanny Heim

Hanny Heim

Wonderful western scene, fabulous capture !

Thanks Hanny!

Ramon Martinez

Ramon Martinez

Wonderful landscape!

Thanks Ramon.

Beverly Guilliams

Beverly Guilliams

Beautiful Capture, saw this on FB..................v./f.

Thanks Beverly! I kinda like this one too...

Steve Harrington

Steve Harrington

A fine nostalgic image, Jon! L

Thanks Steve!

Linda Tomich

Linda Tomich

My ancestors came from Indiana in one of these.

Looks pretty small.

Eti Reid

Eti Reid

Cool textures here:) f/v

Thanks Eti!

Jon Burch Photography

Jon Burch Photography

Thank you for the features everybody!

Maja Sokolowska

Maja Sokolowska

Nice composition with the carriage L

Thank you Maja.

Kay Novy

Kay Novy

Love it, great capture, Jon....L.F.P>

Thank you Kay!

Artist's Description

Only the names have changed. Old Fort Laramie was first Fort William, then Fort John, long before it would take its final given name, Fort Laramie, in 1849. The original outpost was established, and built, by legendary trappers and fur traders, Bill Sublette and Robert Campbell, in 1834. It was the first permanent settlement in the state of Wyoming.

Then, Fort William became Fort John in 1841. The site was purchased by the American Fur Company, and named after John Sarpy, a major partner in the company. There were adobe walls and structures added, and it would function as a growing gathering spot for trappers and traders. In the years before the Great Migration, those trappers and traders, and the Plains Indians co-existed peacefully.

But as the traffic increased along the Oregon Trail, the need for a safe haven, and a command post for military-protection operations, was becoming more apparent. In 1849, the United States Military bought the fort, and gave it the nam...

About Jon Burch Photography

Jon Burch Photography

Photography is all about using light to capture the emotion and beauty of a fleeting moment. For me, this adventure began with a single spring image using a small Kodak film camera of a freshly watered central Kansas ditch and has come full circle using modern digital techniques. My first camera was acquired by trading an ancient Royal typewriter to a fellow college student who was desperate to finish a term paper. It was a long time ago and that camera was my passport to an art that has fascinated me ever since. I owned and operated a professional studio in central Kansas for 20 years and moved to Colorado in 1994. Part of the studio's early success came from creating outdoor portraiture using controlled lighting...

 

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