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Camp Stambaugh (Wyoming)

Coordinates: 42°30′13″N 108°40′50″W / 42.503567°N 108.680666°W / 42.503567; -108.680666
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Camp Stambaugh was a U.S. army outpost in the Wyoming Territory located in the mining district near South Pass City and Atlantic City in the Wind River Mountains.

Background

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The camp was established in June 1870 to stop hostilities between miners and Native Americans and named for First Lieutenant Charles B. Stambaugh who was killed protecting settlers from a raid the month before. The camp was established and manned by Company B of the 2nd Cavalry from Fort Bridger.[1] Camp Stambaugh was abandoned in 1878 as the mining town populations plummeted.

References

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  1. ^ "Camp Stambaugh". Second Cavalry Association Regimental History Center.

42°30′13″N 108°40′50″W / 42.503567°N 108.680666°W / 42.503567; -108.680666