Following the fight the trapping party retreated to Bridger's camp on the Green River.

Baker stayed in the west as a trapper until 1852, when he went on a trip with Kit Carson.

In 1873 Baker and his family moved to the Little Snake valley in Wyoming, where he remained until his death on May 15, 1898.

[2] In 1917 interest in preserving the cabin resulted in its purchase by the state of Wyoming, in part to prevent its removal to Denver for display.

In 1973 the cabin was moved again to a location close to its original site in Savery.