Fort Bridger State Historic Site

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open-air museum state historic site

Fort Bridger State Historic Site is a preserved 19th-century frontier outpost and trading post in southwestern Wyoming that interprets the region’s military, emigrant trail, and fur trade history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fort Bridger State Historic Site canonical	3
Fort Bridger Historic Site	1
Fort Bridger Rendezvous	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6204605 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fort Bridger State Historic Site
Context triple: [Fort Bridger, Wyoming, hasStructure, Fort Bridger State Historic Site]

A. Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is a reconstructed 19th-century fur trading post on the upper Missouri River that interprets the region’s historic trade between Euro-American traders and Northern Plains tribes.
B. Fort Union National Monument
Fort Union National Monument is a preserved 19th-century U.S. Army fort in northeastern New Mexico that protected the Santa Fe Trail and served as a key military and supply hub in the American Southwest.
C. Bodie State Historic Park
Bodie State Historic Park is a preserved ghost town and former gold-mining boomtown in the Sierra Nevada of California, maintained as a state historic site in arrested decay.
D. Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park is a historic site and museum preserving the former home and ranch of showman William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, showcasing his life and legacy on the Great Plains.
E. Bent’s Fort, Colorado
Bent’s Fort, Colorado is a historic 19th-century adobe trading post on the Santa Fe Trail that served as a major commercial and cultural hub on the American frontier.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Fort Bridger State Historic Site
Target entity description: Fort Bridger State Historic Site is a preserved 19th-century frontier outpost and trading post in southwestern Wyoming that interprets the region’s military, emigrant trail, and fur trade history.

A. Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site is a reconstructed 19th-century fur trading post on the upper Missouri River that interprets the region’s historic trade between Euro-American traders and Northern Plains tribes.
B. Fort Union National Monument
Fort Union National Monument is a preserved 19th-century U.S. Army fort in northeastern New Mexico that protected the Santa Fe Trail and served as a key military and supply hub in the American Southwest.
C. Bodie State Historic Park
Bodie State Historic Park is a preserved ghost town and former gold-mining boomtown in the Sierra Nevada of California, maintained as a state historic site in arrested decay.
D. Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park
Buffalo Bill Ranch State Historical Park is a historic site and museum preserving the former home and ranch of showman William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, showcasing his life and legacy on the Great Plains.
E. Bent’s Fort, Colorado
Bent’s Fort, Colorado is a historic 19th-century adobe trading post on the Santa Fe Trail that served as a major commercial and cultural hub on the American frontier.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	open-air museum ⓘ state historic site ⓘ
area	about 37 acres ⓘ
associatedWith	California Trail ⓘ Mormon Trail ⓘ Oregon Trail ⓘ Pony Express route ⓘ linked to: Pony Express National Historic Trail transcontinental telegraph ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
elevation	approximately 6,700 feet ⓘ
established	1933 ⓘ
foundedBy	Jim Bridger ⓘ Louis Vasquez ⓘ
hasAnnualEvent	Fort Bridger Rendezvous ⓘ linked to: Fort Bridger State Historic Site
hasHeritageDesignation	Wyoming state historic site ⓘ
hasPart	barracks ⓘ cemetery ⓘ commissary building ⓘ emigrant trail displays ⓘ fur trade interpretation area ⓘ military buildings ⓘ museum exhibits ⓘ officers’ quarters ⓘ reconstructed trading post ⓘ stone structures from the military period ⓘ
inceptionAsFort	1843 ⓘ
locatedIn	Uinta County, Wyoming ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America Wyoming ⓘ
locatedOn	Black’s Fork of the Green River ⓘ linked to: Blacks Fork of the Green River
namedAfter	Fort Bridger ⓘ linked to: Fort Bridger, Wyoming
nearestCity	Fort Bridger, Wyoming ⓘ
offers	educational programs ⓘ guided tours ⓘ living history demonstrations ⓘ
openToPublic	yes ⓘ
operator	Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources ⓘ linked to: Wyoming Division of State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails
originalFunction	frontier trading post ⓘ military outpost ⓘ
owner	State of Wyoming ⓘ linked to: Wyoming
partOf	Wyoming State Parks system ⓘ
significance	interprets 19th-century frontier history ⓘ interprets U.S. Army presence in the West ⓘ interprets emigrant trail history ⓘ interprets fur trade history ⓘ
state	Wyoming ⓘ
touristAttraction	yes ⓘ
usedBy	United States Army ⓘ emigrant travelers ⓘ fur traders ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Fort Bridger, Wyoming → hasStructure → Fort Bridger State Historic Site ⓘ

Fort Bridger, Wyoming → partOf → Fort Bridger Historic Site ⓘ

linked to: Fort Bridger State Historic Site

Uinta County, Wyoming → contains → Fort Bridger State Historic Site ⓘ

Uinta County, Wyoming → hasHistoricSite → Fort Bridger State Historic Site ⓘ

Fort Bridger State Historic Site → hasAnnualEvent → Fort Bridger Rendezvous ⓘ