South Pass City

South Pass City, WY - Fort Bourbon

The Cave, also called Fort Bourbon in South Pass City, Wyoming was built in 1868. With a massive interior stone wall and the interior room lined with locally-kilned bricks, it protected
protected perishable food and liquor. According to oral accounts, it also provided shelter from raiding Indians. In the 1930’s, concrete replaced an earlier wooden front room

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