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Originally christened Fort Buford, Fort Sanders was established by Captain Henry Mizner of the 18th U. S. Infantry in 1866. The first permanent settlement in this area. At one time 600 soldiers were housed here, but numbers dropped with fear of Indian attacks. The military reservation covered 81 square acres of southeastern Wyoming in its heyday, protecting travelers over the Overland Trail and later Union Pacific Railroad workers. The post headquarters was located two miles south of present-day Laramie. Very little remains of the settlement which was abandoned in 1882.
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