Junction House, C.T., Jany 25, manuscript postmark (Jarrett, No. 156) on 1865 cover to Elsie, Michigan, franked with manuscript cancelled 1861, 3¢ rose (defective), with original enclosure datelined "Q.M. Dept., Camp Wardwell, C.T., Nov 6, 1865" regarding the consolidation of sender's regiment and sent to Salt Lake City, small cover tear at bottom, Very Fine, a very rare postmark of which only three examples are recorded. Scott No. 65  Estimate $1,000 - 1,500. The Junction House post office was located just west of where Beaver Creek meets the South Platte River. Only a month after it opened in December 1864 the office found itself encircled by the Arapaho, Cheyenne and Sioux raids which followed the Sand Creek battle. Beaver Creek stage station, five miles away, was burned on January 14, 1865, and on the overland road stage stations and telegraph lines were destroyed for 75 miles down river, all the way past Julesburgh. The Junction House post office became Fort Morgan on July 16, 1866. Fort Morgan was established in 1864 to protect the mail service and immigrants along the Overland Trail. Shortly after the post's name was changed to Camp Wardwell. The fort fell into ruins after the soldiers left the fort in 1868. $0 (Image)