Wyoming's Historic Forts Fifer 1st Ed 2002 Fort Laramie Frontier Military HC
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Wyoming's Historic Forts
by Barbara Fifer
Photography by David M. Morris and Fred Pflughoft
Published by Farcountry Press (2002)
Condition:
LIKE NEW 1st Edition / 1st Printing Hardcover Book! NO MARKS! The book measures 10.25" x 11". The binding is tight and all 112 pages within are bright white with NO WRITING, UNDERLINING, HIGH-LIGHTING, RIPS, TEARS, BENDS OR FOLDS. The covers look near perfect, as can be seen in my photos. You will be happy with this one! Always handled and packaged with care! Buy with confidence from a seller who takes the time to show you the details and not use just stock photos. Please check out all my pictures and email with any questions! Thanks for looking!
About the Book:
Barbara Fifer's Wyoming's Historic Forts, published by Farcountry Press in 2002, stands as the definitive visual and narrative documentation of Wyoming's frontier military and trading post infrastructure. This first edition/first printing hardcover (ISBN: 9781560371915) combines Fifer's meticulous historical research with exceptional photography by David M. Morris and Fred Pflughoft, creating an essential reference for collectors of Western Americana, military history, and regional documentation.
The volume comprehensively surveys Wyoming's frontier fort network—both extant structures and archaeologically vanished sites—tracing their roles from fur trade rendezvous through Indian Wars campaigns to early twentieth-century military installations. Fifer's narrative synthesizes multiple frontier threads: Native American displacement, mountain man commerce, Pony Express relay stations, emigrant trail protection, cavalry operations, transcontinental railroad security, and automobile-era tourism development. This multifaceted approach distinguishes the work from narrowly focused military histories, positioning these installations within Wyoming's broader settlement patterns.
The photographic documentation by Morris and Pflughoft provides exceptional value for researchers and collectors. Their images capture architectural details, landscape contexts, and preservation states at a specific historical moment (circa 2000-2001), creating archival records increasingly important as development pressures, weathering, and restoration efforts alter these sites. Several installations documented here have undergone significant changes since publication, enhancing this edition's documentary significance.
For collectors of Wyoming history, this Farcountry Press first edition represents crucial documentation from a regional publisher whose specialized focus ensured production quality and historical accuracy often absent from mass-market treatments. Farcountry's reputation for collaboration with leading Western historians and photographers makes their imprints particularly desirable among serious collectors.
The book's coverage spans Fort Bridger, Fort Laramie, Fort Phil Kearny, Fort Fetterman, Fort Caspar, and lesser-known installations, providing comprehensive treatment unavailable in earlier partial surveys. As primary-source materials on frontier Wyoming become institutionally sequestered and original structures deteriorate, published documentation like this assumes increasing research importance. Copies in fine condition represent premium acquisitions for collections focusing on Western military history, frontier commerce, or comprehensive Wyoming territorial documentation.
About author, Barbara Fifer:
Barbara Fifer established herself as one of the Rocky Mountain West's most respected regional historians through meticulously researched works combining archival documentation with field investigation. Her publications focus on frontier military history, exploration narratives, and territorial development, with particular emphasis on Montana and Wyoming. Fifer's collaboration with premier Western photographers distinguishes her books as both scholarly resources and visual documents. Her works include studies of Lewis and Clark sites, frontier forts, and territorial towns, frequently cited in academic research and preservation planning. Fifer's commitment to accuracy and comprehensive coverage has made her publications standard references for collectors, researchers, and cultural resource managers throughout the Northern Rockies region.
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