Army Wife

After Major Hale's funeral, Fort Laramie feels heavy with sadness. His wife Jesse remembers how she learned to be strong as an army wife and says goodbye with dignity. She meets Mrs. Winton, another army wife who just arrived, and helps her settle into her new home. Captain Quince, a man everyone can count on, comes to help too, showing how the people at the fort take care of each other.

Fort Laramie was a significant 19th-century trading post, diplomatic site, and military installation located at the confluence of the Laramie and the North Platte Rivers. They joined in the upper Platte River Valley in the eastern part of the present-day US state of Wyoming. The fort was founded as a private trading post in the 1830s to service the overland fur trade; in 1849, it was purchased by the United States Army. The site was located east of the long climb leading to the best and lowest crossing over the Rocky Mountains at South Pass and became a popular stop for migrants on the Oregon Trail. Along with Bent's Fort on the Arkansas River, the trading post and its supporting industries and businesses were the most significant economic hub of commerce in the region.

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