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Cemetery reinterment plan near Platte river proposed in 1866
Lt. G. Carpenter recommends unifying scattered post graves into one cemetery on the south bank of the Platte near the fort, with head boards and inscriptions. He notes lack of cemetery records, estimates lumber costs, and suggests troop labor for coffins and fencing. He also reports on gypsum deposits and a Wyoming sand pike specimen found in Fremont County in 1942.
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Casper
G. 5. Carpenter
Platte Bridge Sta
Ft. Caspar
Byi
L. C. Easton
Fort Leavenworth
Platte River
Cuffins
Ando
Carpenter
Paris
la Bonte
Platte
Ft. Laraime
Red Buttes