9. CASPER, WY
Thank goodness Casper has had better luck than its namesake.
In July 1865, Lt. Caspar Collins led a detachment assigned to protect a supply wagon train. His troops collided with a huge force of Indians, led by Red Cloud. When the dust settled, the young officer had 24 arrows in his body. The Army decided to honor his sacrifice, renaming the nearby post Fort Caspar.
The fort closed less than two years later.
When a nearby town developed in 1888, citizens decided to keep
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