| Village in Albany County, Wyoming named for Lieut. Col. W. J. Fetterman, killed by the Indians in 1866. (Gannett, 1905) An important trading and military post, established July 19, 1867, at the mouth of La Prele Creek, under the supervision of Major William M. Dye of the fourth Infantry. It was named in honor of brevet Lieutenant Colonel William J. Fetterman, twenty fourth Infantry, killed December 21, 1866, with officers and men, by an overwhelming force of Sioux Indians under the directions of Chief Red Cloud. (WPA) The post received its name in honor of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel William J. Fetterman, captain in the Twenty-seventy Infantry, who, with his whole command was killed in the Indian massacre near Fort Phil. Kearney, December 21, 1866. (Coutant) |
