Fort Supply, Military outpost in Uinta County, Wyoming, US
Fort Supply was a military outpost in Uinta County, Wyoming, consisting of a central blockhouse with four log wings surrounded by stockyards and fenced fields. The facility served as a waystation for travelers heading toward Salt Lake City.
Mormon pioneers established the fort in November 1853 under Orson Hyde's direction to assist travelers heading toward Salt Lake City. The settlement played a key role in early occupation of Wyoming Territory by the religious community.
The settlers followed Brigham Young's guidance to share resources with Native Americans rather than engage in territorial conflicts. This shaped how the early Mormon community lived together and developed their settlement.
The fort site lies near Robertson, Uinta County, Wyoming, about 11 miles (18 km) from Fort Bridger, and is marked by a monument kept as a satellite of Fort Bridger State Historic Site. Nothing of the 1853 blockhouse or the surveyed plots of Supply City survives above ground, so the monument and open ground are what a visitor sees.
Early settlers introduced irrigation methods that made the fort one of the first Anglo-American agricultural settlements in present-day Wyoming. These innovative techniques allowed the community to farm successfully in the dry region.
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