History
Warren Air Force Base is named in honor of Wyoming's first United States Senator, Francis Emroy Warren (1844–1929). Senator Warren was awarded the Medal of Honor at age 19 during the American Civil War.
The installation has an exceptionally long record of continuous military use. The history of the base dates back to the Railroad Act of 1862, when President Lincoln and Congress set plans for the transcontinental railroad, including a military installation on the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains in the Wyoming Territory, to protect Union Pacific workers from hostile Indians. From these pioneer origins, the base has evolved from a noteworthy frontier infantry and cavalry post into the largest, most modern strategic missile facility in the United States.
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