Submitted by scott on Tue, 06/11/2013 - 14:39

According to Merrill Mattes, Verdling's Ranch Station is probably eight miles from Fort Laramie and two miles west of Lingle, Wyoming.  James Bordeaux (spelled various ways), probably a French-Canadian, managed a trading post/store at the station and his association with the site was responsible for some of the many names for this station.  Other sources also list Verdling's Ranch or Bedeau's Ranch as a station.

http://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/poex/hrs/hrs5d.htm#55

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