When I was in fourth grade, my elementary school (Buffalo Ridge in Cheyenne) went to Fort Laramie. It was a beautiful spring day and the sky was a jewel blue and the prairie is that color of green that lasts only a month around here. The people were dressed in period clothing and the rooms of the buildings were set out like they were in the late 19th Century. I can still remember the doll clothes, the table settings, the prison rooms. That trip captured my imagination and I've been a history (especially Trails) buff ever since then. What a great place!
~Lisa
June 2009