Camp Dubois is a historical site at Union Pass in the Wind River Range in Fremont County of western Wyoming in the United States.
Camp Dubois is at about 9,212 feet (2,808 m) elevation on the Continental Divide in the Shoshone National Forest, near the Little Warm Spring Creek.
In 1914 the fist logging site for the Wyoming Tie & Timber Compan was in Togwotee Pass.
In 1868 the first Tie Hacking start in Medicine Bow Mountains to supply the Union Pacific Railroad.
[5][6] On the base of the Memorial: Erected to perpetuate the memory of the hardy woods and river men who made and delivered the cross ties for the building and maintenance of the Chicago and North Western Railway in the western country Wyoming Tie & Timber Company During World War 2, starting in July 1944 German prisoners were housed at Camp Dubois.
Prisoner of war labor worked for civilian employers under the military officials and the Department of Agriculture's Extension Service.
Wyoming Tie and Timber had request POW workers, due to the war labor shortage.
The scrip could be used at the camp store for candy, soda pop, stamps to write home and other items.
The Dubois Museum, Wind River Historical Center, at 43°32′14″N 109°38′46″W / 43.537278°N 109.646222°W / 43.537278; -109.646222, has exhibits with original POW artifacts and camp photos.