Fort Sanders
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Added to NRHP | May 1, 1980 |
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Nearest city | Laramie |
NRHP Reference Number | 80004300 |
Locations | Albany County |
Wyoming | |
USA | |
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Date of Upd. | |
ID | 3000089 |
About Fort Sanders
Fort Sanders was a wooden fort constructed in 1866 on the Laramie Plains in southern Wyoming, near the city of Laramie. Originally named Fort John Buford, it was renamed Fort Sanders after General William P. Sanders who died at the Siege of Knoxville during the American Civil War.