Forts of the Green River Valley
Fort Bridger & Fort Supply
Paperback, 167 pages, 12 x 9 inches
Mountain Grizzly Publications Date
ISBN: 0842504206 & 0842502483

Fort Bridger - Island in the Wilderness
Fort Bridger was the first emigrant way station, the initial trading post established specifically to serve the cover wagon trains to the far west. It was a notable trading outpost. Not only did it supply westbound emigrants, but it catered also to the Indian trade. It played an important part in the so-called "Mormon War" of 1857-58 and then became a United States military fort and continued that role until 1890, the year generally accepted as the termination of the Frontier. During almost a half century it was a notable outpost of the American West. A number of other Western forts have already inspired book-length narratives. It is gratifying that as long last we now have a worthy account of historic Fort Bridger.
by Leroy Hafen from the Introduction

Fort Supply - Brigham Young's Green River Experiment
Fort Supply, although somewhat overshadowed by the more famous neighboring post, Fort Bridger, was the center of the Mormon colonization and missionary efforts in the Green River Valley between 1853 and 1857. Founded almost two years before the Mormons purchased Fort Bridger, Fort Supply played an important role in the efforts of the Mormon leaders to pacify and civilize the Indians, to nullify the influence of the mountain men, to control the Green River ferries, and to establish it as a place to supply the vast stream of Mormon emigrants with food, animals, and other necessities needed to make the last one-hundred mile journey through the Wasatch Mountains to the Mormon Zion in Salt Lake City.
from the Introduction