Camp Carlin

The stone carries a spelling the depot never shook. Elias B. Carling, the quartermaster officer who chose the site in August 1867 between Cheyenne and Fort D. A. Russell, gave the camp its name; the final g fell away early, even in official records, while the Army's own name stayed Cheyenne Depot. At its height it kept never fewer than a thousand mules, a hundred wagons and five pack trains, with nearly five hundred teamsters, packers and laborers. Once rails ran north to Fort Laramie, the depot was abandoned in 1890.

What the plaque says

Camp Carlin or Cheyenne Depot, 1867- 1890, was 2nd largest quartermaster depot in the United States. In Wyoming it supplied Forts Russell, Sanders, Steele, Bridger, Washakie, Fetterman, Laramie, McKinney, & Phil Kearny; in Nebraska, Forts Sidney, Omaha, & Robinson; in Utah, Fort Douglas; in Idaho, Fort Hall; and Meeker Colorado. It supplied annuity goods for Indian tribes, particularly the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail agencies. Site 1/4 mile west. 1/4 mile north. Erected by the Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming 1957

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wyoming State Capitol — 1.4 mi
  A sandstone capitol set to face the Union Pacific depot down one long street, its copper dome gilded in 1900 when the copper tarnished.
• Cheyenne Frontier Days — 1.6 mi
  A railroad agent's excursion scheme for a town with no crop to celebrate, which became a six-hour show in 1897 and the Daddy of 'em All.

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• The Cheyenne-Ft. Laramie-Deadwood Trail — 1.5 mi
• First Women's Suffrage Movement — 1.6 mi
• Mrs. Esther Hobart Morris — 1.6 mi