Story, Wyoming
| Story, Wyoming | ||
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 Story, Wyoming
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| Coordinates: 44°34′37″N 106°54′29″W / 44.57694°N 106.90806°WCoordinates: 44°34′37″N 106°54′29″W / 44.57694°N 106.90806°W | ||
| Country | United States | |
| State | Wyoming | |
| County | Sheridan | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 7.1 sq mi (18 km2) | |
| • Land | 7.1 sq mi (18 km2) | |
| • Water | 0.0 sq mi (0 km2) | |
| Elevation | 5,036 ft (1,535 m) | |
| Population (2010) | ||
| • Total | 828 | |
| • Density | 120/sq mi (45/km2) | |
| Time zone | Mountain (MST) (UTC-7) | |
| • Summer (DST) | MDT (UTC-6) | |
| ZIP code | 82842 | |
| Area code(s) | 307 | |
| FIPS code | 56-73615 | |
| GNIS feature ID | 1603389 | |
Story is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sheridan County, Wyoming, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the CDP population was 828.
The region around Story was part of the history of the American Frontier and the Old West, and of the conflicts between early settlers and the Plains Indians. The historic Bozeman Trail passed nearby in the mid-1860s, and Fort Phil Kearny, now a State Historic Site, lies just 5 miles south of town. Fort Sheridan was just to the north, near what is now the city of Sheridan.
Fort Phil Kearny, known to the Plains Indians as the "hated post on the Little Piney", played an important role in Red Cloud's War (1866-1868), and the area around the fort was the site of the Fetterman massacre and the Wagon Box Fight. The Fetterman Fight (with 81 men killed on the U.S. side) was the worst military defeat suffered by the U.S. Army on the Great Plains, until the Battle of the Little Bighorn ten years later.
The 1866 Fetterman Fight marked a key victory of the Lakota, Cheyenne, and Arapaho Indians over soldiers of the United States Army, and the 1867 Wagon Box Fight involved Lakota Sioux and soldiers from nearby Fort Phil Kearny. Fort Phil Kearny, including the nearby sites of the Fetterman engagement and the Wagon Box Fight, was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960.
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