Camp Stambaugh (Wyoming)
Camp Stambaugh was a
Wind River Mountains
.
Background
The camp was established in June 1870 to stop hostilities between miners and Native Americans and named for First Lieutenant Charles B. Stambaugh who was killed protecting settlers from a raid the month before. The camp was established and manned by Company B of the
2nd Cavalry from Fort Bridger.[1]
Camp Stambaugh was abandoned in 1878 as the mining town populations plummeted.
References
- ^ "Camp Stambaugh". Second Cavalry Association Regimental History Center.