Talented Recruits

Captain Lee Quince watches as two odd recruits, Feeny and Meriwether, try to join the cavalry for food and shelter. They are more entertainers than soldiers, but the army needs men. Quince knows the recruits may not be the best, but a battle with the Sioux is coming, and they'll need everyone who can hold a gun.

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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