Hi All,
Hoping someone can help me debunk this. This happened 4 years ago, when we went to Fort Laramie National Historic Site in Wyoming.
We went there almost to closing time, there was only one car in the parking lot, we assumed it was the employee. But we went to the barrack building (the long building in the map). It's a two story barrack, with a stair in the middle that will take you to the second floor, where you can look around the sleeping quarters. It was creepily set up like it was still functioning, but all the soldiers just disappeared (Boots on sides of beds, things and personal items scattered all over). We didn't see anything until we were reviewing the footage on our drive back. So the footage was taken panning around the Second floor landing. Can't be shadows of the tree outside, as you can see, only one tree outside at one end of the building. And just looks like it's "gliding" out? Will be interested to hear what you guys have to say.
We were a bit creeped out, but the light was still out, so didn't think twice. A friend was just to scared to go up there, so he stayed outside at the bottom of the stairs. Also to mention, we heard that really heavy breathing in the beginning of the video. Who was that? That doesn't sound like any of us, def creeped us out.
Barrack Building Uppermost of map
https://preview.redd.it/d8q2c6fqw6h71.jpg?width=993&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba97a73f2061591b84980de96b1e3f81aa7392a9
https://preview.redd.it/7kqgf3asw6h71.jpg?width=1792&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe63648967243490ca96727cc90576640a8b536f
The video in question, watch to the end.
THANKS GUYS!!!
I'm struck by just how immediately and totally it was disregarded, to the point where I have to question if anyone negotiating it on the US side thought it had a chance of being honored.
I asked before and got nothing; I thought I'd give it another shot. The Standing Rock pipeline controversy has got me digging into treaty history a bit. In the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, the "country north of the North Platte River and east of the summits of the Big Horn Mountains" is designated as "unceded Indian territory" (Article 16). I would have assumed that meant just that narrowly defined area, but at least two maps I've seen have included what appears to be the territory reserved in the 1851 Fort Laramie Treaty as part of the unceded territory. The first one (linked below) says it depicts "other Sioux lands as defined in the 1868 treaty, as found by the Indian Claims Commission." So, does this have to do with something the Indian Claims Commission turned up, or am I just reading the treaty wrong?
Maps:
http://ndstudies.gov/gr8/content/unit-iii-waves-development-1861-1920/lesson-4-alliances-and-conflicts/topic-2-sitting-bulls-people/section-3-treaties-fort-laramie-1851-1868 (Map 2 is the relevant one on this page)
http://www.dickshovel.com/1868.html
Treaty transcript:
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/Kappler/vol2/treaties/sio0998.htm#mn46
Would love some insight. For reference 35 y/o male, singe, no kids. Primarily an out of doors dude, especially hunting/fishing, right of center politically. I'm a carpenter mostly, but do some photography work here and there. I've been living in Fort Collins since 2017, and while it's a nice town, I'm sure most of you have been down here, the housing situation is so untenable that I've decided I need to move. Not only is the cost of housing insane, but there really aren't that many places to live period, so when you need a new spot, you have to look at 20 shit holes that they want $1800 for, and it's just so demoralizing. I make pretty good money, but it's not good enough for here. There is this strange kind of perpetual adolescence amongst adults in the front rage of colorado because of the housing situation. Most people i know down here have good jobs, but they are in their 30's with 3 roommate. Nobody wants that. I love the west, and spend a fair amount of time fishing around WY, and can't imagine retuning back to the midwest, where I'm from, but Fort Collins is just not a long term kind of place unless because of the housing. Being a builder, I sort of know where things are going down here, and it's not good. So I've really been considering Laramie. I don't like Cheyenne, and there really aren't any options here in Colorado, unless I'd go to the prairie. What's life like in Laramie??
