Somewhere Around Ft. Hat Creek

In 1875 soldiers went from Fort Laramie to establish an outpost on Hat Creek in Nebraska.  Confused, they bilt a fort of logs on Sage Creek in Wyoming. The gold rush to the Black Hills started the Cheyenne-Deadwood Stage Route in 1876.
Bullwhackers freighting salt pork and whiskey to Deadwood, armored coaches hauling gold bricks and passengers to Cheyenne, Indians, and road agents brought adventure to Hat Creek Stage station. A two story log structure was built near
the fort for a telegraph station, post office, blacksmith shop, hotel and store. This building, still standing and used as a
ranch home, is two miles east and one mile south.

We missed finding the stage station that day, but we'll be back looking for it another one!

I couldn't tell if this was the remains of an old windmill or something to do with drilling oil.  It was just standing in the midst of lots of sagebrush out in the middle of nowhere.

I love this picture!  I love seeing the fence posts made from whatever parts of the tree they could find.  There are so many fences like this all over Wyoming and I can't help but wonder how old these might be.

I have no explanation for this large rocks.  They were just like this along side the gravel road.

Kapow!!!  These two bucks WERE standing by the side of the road until I stopped to take their picture.