Starting with the 1854 Grattan Massacre, and ending with the
terrible slaughter at Wounded Knee in 1890, Wyoming and the west are full of
stories of the Indian battles.
Sure there were battles before 1854 and a few spirited
fights after 1890, but the majority of the Indian Wars were finished as:
farmers, ranchers, squatters, prospectors, herders, shop keepers and peddlers
pushed eastern civilization westward.
With the Indian wars over there was no longer a need for
forts in the west. Only Fort Washakie remained. This fort stayed open until
1909. Forts: Laramie, Bridger, Fetterman, and Kearny, were long gone by 1890
as a new era pushed out the old west.
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