We left Courthouse Rock one day later and we traveled fourteen miles to Chimney Rock. We didn't stop there. We just drove right by. This formation was named Chimney Rock because it looks like a chimney stack for a factory or a chimney from a burned down house. When we left to go to Fort Laramie a bolder fell on one of the wheels of our wagon. I was so lucky that it didn't fall on the wagon or we would have to spend days fixing it. It only took us an hour to put the new wheel. Glad we had a spare. We finally got to Fort Laramie. This place was used as an Indian trading place. Here we could repair our wagon and purchase supplies. We purchased more food here. They also had a post office where I wrote to my parents. The only next day we traveled
