President. I present a joint memorial passed recently by the Wyoming Legislature in connection with the purchase of the site and buildings of old Fort Laramie and the establishment of a national monument at that point. Among the many forts established on the western plains and in the Rocky Mountain territory it is probably true that Fort Laramie exerted the widest and most definite influence upon the protection of emigrants crossing the plains. the signing of treaties with the different tribes of Indians. and the final settlement of the West than any one of our famous frontier posts. Established in 1834. it is by this fact associated with nearly a century of the Nations history. Situated upon the old Oregon Trail. it is now very near the line of one of our Federal highways. and already thousands of tourists are annual visitors to this site.
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