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Bridger had fled, but they discovered his whiskey and rum and destroyed it. Afterwards they continued to the Green River, where they engaged the mountain men who had been unlawfully running ferries, killing some and seizing their livestock. Afterwards they returned to Fort
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that enclosed 10 acres (4.0 ha), 25 homes, and a two-story building used as a courthouse and for other public functions. Also included were numerous corrals, stockyards, and fenced fields. At the time the fort was burnt, Jesse W. Crosby (present at the burning) indicated that 100 or more log
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