Chief Washakie Trail in Wyoming

Chief Washakie Trail in Wyoming

 

 

 

US Highway 26/287,The Chief Washakie Trail extends from Fort Washakie to Rawlins, Wyoming.

Chief Washakie, 1804-1900 a chief of the Eastern Shoshone Indians of Wyoming was noted for his exploits in fighting and also for his friendship with the white pioneers. When wagon trains were passing through Shoshone country in the 1850's, Washakie and his people aided the overland travelers in fording streams and recovering stayed cattle. He was also a scout for the U,S. Army.

Chief Washakie Trail in Wyoming

 

 

This is another beautiful view along the Chief Washakie Trail better known as US Highway 26/287.

 

Chief Washakie Trail in Wyoming

 

 

 

 

 

This is taken on the stretch of road between Crowheart and Lander, Wyoming. The views are breathing taking.

 

 

 

 

Chief Washakie Trail in Wyoming

 

 

 

Fort Washakie was a U.S Army fort in what is now the U.S. state of Wyoming. The fort was established in 1869 and named Camp Augur after General Christopher C. Augur, commander of the Department of the Platte[1]. In 1870 the camp was renamed Camp Brown in honor of Captain Frederick H. Brown who was killed in the Fetterman Massacre in 1866[2]. it was renamed again in 1878 after Chief Washakie of the Shoshone tribe making the fort the only U.S military outpost named after a Native American. The fort remained a military outpost until 1909 when it was decommissioned and turned over to the Shoshone Indian Agency. The graves of Washakie and Lewis and Clark Expedition guide Sacajawea are located on the grounds of the fort. The site lies within the present-day Wind River Indian Reservation

 

 

Chief Washakie Trail in Wyoming

 

 

 

 

 

 

These modest homes are along U. S. 287 in Fort Washakie, Wyoming.

 

 

 

The Wind River Trading Company on the Chief Washakie Trail in Wyoming

 

 

The Wind River Trading company is located in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. The address is 14597 U. S. Highway 287. Telephone 307 332 3267