Fort Bridger State Historic Site — Attraction in Wyoming

The release of Netflix's American Primeval is going to send curiosity about this place through the roof. It didn't take me longer than 5 minutes and some reading to put two and two together and realise the borders of "Utah Territory" noted in the series aware not going to be anything like the current borders of Utah and Wyoming states.

The vast majority of the series takes place elsewhere, but people will grab the mention of Forts and Jim Bridger - and off their imaginations will go. I suspect it might be wise of the historic site's administrators to not only watch the series - which is definitely a task for an adult - and place a carefully-worded statement about the site's ties to the American Primeval story. Will also be very much in the best interests of staff to brief them of the series' existence, content and relationship to the site - they will be the first to face questions, not all of which will be either pleasant or answerable.

My apologies for leaving a "review" for a site I have never been to. But I have experienced the effect of a simple mention of a place in a Netflix series. Although it is not the intent of the producers, and is likely close to the furthest thing from the mind of Netflix's executive, having a place mentioned in a series is highly impactful for the residents and in the case of facilities like this, the staff and volunteers. It's best to be prepared - and with the series premiering this weekend, there's very little time....

Oh my word. What a tiny hidden treasure!! I downloaded an app for historical markers for our road trip and Fort Bridger came up- we decided to venture out and see what there is to see and what an incredible place! So many fun buildings and very informational markers. Dad We arrived before the park officially opened but we were able to pay the fee at a drop box and still enter and we drove straight in and around to all the amazing buildings! We got to go in every direction and peer into all of the buildings. Very well kept and documented and it really gave you the sense of what the Fort looked like during its use. Then we stumbled on their museum and it was open! We went in and explored the wonderful exhibits and read so much about the history and timeline of the Fort. My favorite part was that they even had a small temporary exhibit about women’s suffrage for the centennial anniversary! They also had a small souvenir shop which had books and small gifts, and nice and clean public restrooms! The woman working the front desk was very bright and helpful and very informative. A very welcoming presence and made the experience that much more awesome! A must see and well worth the detour. We have decided to always make it part of our road trips...

We had an unpleasant experience at the gift shop in the trading fort. Can someone please explain to me if you don’t want these whistles blown into, why they are on the lowest shelves for small children to easily reach. And if your policy is “you blow it you buy it” why is the sign that says that also on the lowest shelves at the eye level of children who can’t read. Seems like a super easy thing to fix. And having the cashier yell at us about how we had to buy it completely changed the mood of the fun and happy day we’d been having up to that point. The vibe we walked into the shop with was vastly different to the vibe we left the shop with. I understand they’re not the ones who designed the layout of the shop, and they’re not the ones who create the policy, but it doesn’t change the fact that they were extremely rude. The kids with us didn’t really understand what was going on, but they were immediately uncomfortable. And honestly, I didn’t even see which whistle he blew into, but we still had to buy one. Is the policy about actually stopping the spread of germs or about forcing sales? I’m sorry, he’s barely 3 years old. If he sees a whistle he’s going to blow into it 1000% of the time. Just move it to a...