Part 9 – Virginia Dale to Cooper Creek is now live.

After heading north a mile or so out of Virginia Dale, the stage line crests a ridge and enters into Dakota Territory. The far side of the hill drops down into the Laramie Plains; a vast valley of fine grasslands with no “civilization”. There is no city of Laramie, no Fort Sanders, no railroad – nothing excepting a small handful of stage stations, scattered groups of Indians from various tribes, and ever-present bandits. The stations are lined up in almost a straight NW line 45 miles to the far edge of the valley just beyond the Cooper Creek station.

Coming up next: Cooper Creek to Pass Creek