context1: An 1871 fire struck the South Pass City newspaper office owned and operated by Esther Morris' son Archibald Slack, forcing him and his wife Sarah to move to Laramie. Perhaps it was case of <strong>cabin</strong> fever after being cooped up all season during a particularly bad winter of 1871–72 that spurred Morris to action. She left the <strong>camp</strong> and her husband.
context2: The <strong>camp</strong> eventually featured a store with a post office. The Kimmels sold the strategically-located property in 1944 in exchange for a life estate. After Lura Kimmel's death in 1962 the <strong>cabins</strong> were used as seasonal residences for National Park Service employees and the other buildings were removed.