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of wood and stone in the surrounding area. One solution to these issues was the use of adobe bricks in building. Adobe bricks were a cheaper material that could provide needed insulation in the cold climate. Alongside adobe bricks, many buildings are made using concrete and some wood use as well. This use of multiple building materials gives Fort
Laramie a unique aesthetic
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Laramie also has two surviving guardhouses. The Old Guardhouse, built in 1866, was the second guardhouse in Fort Laramie. This building usually had guards on duty for 24 hours a day, and could hold up to 40 prisoners in the lower level. The New Guardhouse was built to relieve the Old Guardhouse
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Laramie was never seriously threatened by Indian attacks during the quarter-century of intermittent warfare sparked by the Grattan massacre. However, a number of civilians were killed in the immediate area and their property destroyed or stolen during this period of hostilities on the plains.
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1981:Legend Rock
1905:Hot Springs
1878:Hynds Lodge
1851:State Parks
1813:Snake River
1745:Huston Park
1740:Gros Ventre
1735:Fitzpatrick
1588:Hutton Lake
1481:Yellowstone
1476:Grand Teton
1175:"Fort John"
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573:Oregon City
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1858:Bear River
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1780:Washakie
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1296:Griske,
1268:ProQuest
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974:See also
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1659:Bighorn
1459:Federal
1451:Wyoming
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