Fort Supply (Utah Territory)
Fort Supply was a Mormon pioneer-era fort in Green River County, Utah Territory, United States. Established in 1853 and abandoned during the Utah War of 1857, the fort served to solidify Mormon influence and control in the area, as a base for local missionary efforts, and to supply food and other provisions for pioneers headed to Salt Lake City. The site of the former fort is located near the modern-day community of Robertson, Uinta County, Wyoming, and a monument commemorating the settlement is maintained as a satellite site of Wyoming's Fort Bridger, Fort Bridger State Historic Site. History Bridger Valley before Fort Supply What is presently known as the Bridger Valley, Wyoming, Bridger Valley (also called the Green River Valley) had become a popular gathering place for Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans and Mountain man, mountain men in the first half of the nineteenth century. Two of these mountain men, Jim Bridger and his business partner Louis Vasquez, ...
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Ghost Town
Ghost Town(s) or Ghosttown may refer to: * Ghost town, a town that has been abandoned Film and television * ''Ghost Town'' (1936 film), an American Western film by Harry L. Fraser * ''Ghost Town'' (1956 film), an American Western film by Allen H. Miner * ''Ghost Town'' (1988 film), an American horror film by Richard McCarthy (as Richard Governor) * ''Ghost Town'' (2008 film), an American fantasy comedy film by David Koepp * ''Ghost Town'', a 2008 TV film featuring Billy Drago * '' Derek Acorah's Ghost Towns'', a 2005–2006 British paranormal reality television series * "Ghost Town" (''CSI: Crime Scene Investigation''), a 2009 TV episode Literature * ''Ghost Town'' (''Lucky Luke'') or ''La Ville fantôme'', a 1965 ''Lucky Luke'' comic *''Ghost Town'', a Beacon Street Girls novel by Annie Bryant *''Ghost Town'', a 1998 novel by Robert Coover *''Ghosttown'', a 2007 novel by Douglas Anne Munson Music * Ghost Town (band), an American electronic band * ''Ghost Town'', a 1 ...
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