Fort Sanders History

Fort Sanders Development

Development at Fort Sanders Benjamin “Ben” Holladay was an American transportation businessman responsible for creating the Overland Stage to California during the height of the 1849 California Gold Rush. Holladay moved the route for his Overland Stage Line in 1862 from the more northerly Oregon Trail route. He believed that this would make it safer … Continue reading Fort Sanders Development

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Congressional Bill Reducing the Size of Fort Sanders

A bill from Congress reducing the overall area of Fort Sanders.  The “Pacific Railroad Acts” were a series of Congressional acts that promoted the construction of a transcontinental railroad in the United States through government bonds and grants of land to railroad companies. Inadvertently, the Union Pacific Railroad was granted, as one of its alternating sections, … Continue reading Congressional Bill Reducing the Size of Fort Sanders

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History of Fort Sanders and the Overland Stage

 The Overland Trail was a stagecoach and wagon trail used as an alternative route to the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails through central Wyoming in the 1860s. The Overland Stage Company, owned by Ben Holladay, used the trail to run both mail and passengers to Salt Lake City. With the onset of the Civil War, soldiers … Continue reading History of Fort Sanders and the Overland Stage

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