An American Indian historical interpreter at Fort Laramie National Historic Site in Goshen County, Wyoming.
In 1849, the U.S. Army took over Fort Laramie, established as Fort John, a private fur-trading fort in 1834, in order to protect westward-bound emigrants along trails across the Northern Plains. The fort was abandoned in 1890. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel.