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Rawlins, Wyoming
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Fort Fred Steele was an Army post from 1868 to 1886 on the North Platte River that guarded the Union Pacific line, and a small community lived there after the soldiers left and faded after the Lincoln Highway moved in 1939. Foundations and an 1881 powder magazine remain, with interpretive signs, and the site has been on the National Register since 1969.
Free self-guided walk off I-80 east of Rawlins; do not climb on the ruins.
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