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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O79_a-burning-need_Cody-WY.html
The Shoshone National Forest provides a habitat for more Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep than any other national forest. Grazing on nutritious bunchgrasses, bighorn sheep evolved in open, high visibility habitats near steep, rocky cover, making it ea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N6V_absaroka-volcanic-field_Cody-WY.html
Stretching across 9,000 square miles, the Absaroka Volcanic Field forms one of the largest volcanic fields in the continental United States. Between thirty-five to fifty-five million years ago volcanoes in the Yellowstone region erupted, depositin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N6N_lee-street-cody-city_Cody-WY.html
The rocky ridge you are now crossing marks the southern edge of Lee Street, one of the original roads of Cody City. Wagon ruts, phone wires and rock cairn lot markers have been found along its path.In memory of Jerry Houseland Mary Elaine Houselby…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N6I_trail-to-old-cody-city_Cody-WY.html
Here on the prairie there are still visible remnants of several old wagon trails dating back to Cody City in the late 1800's. The first buildings of Cody City were constructed on the nearby plain to the west, although the town was supposed to be b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N6F_shoshone-river-siphon_Cody-WY.html
The Heart Mountain Division of the Shoshone Project receives irrigation water directly from Buffalo Bill Reservoir via the Shoshone Canyon Conduit, a three-mile-long tunnel drilled through Cedar Mountain located to the left. From the conduit, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N68_the-panoramic-view_Cody-WY.html
Look to your left and you will see the canyon cut by the Shoshone River. The mountain to the left of the canyon is Cedar Mountain. To the right of Shoshone Canyon you can see Rattlesnake Mountain. The red butte (to the right of Rattlesnake Mt.) is…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N61_cedar-mountain_Cody-WY.html
Cedar Mountain, the mountain in front of you to the left of the canyon, was known to the Crow Indians as "the mountain of spirits." Early settlers told of finding Indian tree burials on its northeast slope. Unfortunately, those sites hav…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N5S_arland-corbett_Cody-WY.html
Off in the distance in front of you, a large red butte lies against a much larger mountain, Rattlesnake Mountain. Flowing down the valley is Trail Creek, named for the ancient Indian trail that crosses the Shoshone River at the Indian ford in the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N5O_stone-circles_Cody-WY.html
On both sides of the Shoshone River there are many circles made of stones built by the Indians who frequented this area. Some of the sites are simply circles with no doorways, believed to be religious symbols associated with the circle of life or …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N5A_indian-names-for-land-features_Cody-WY.html
Looking west is the Shoshone Canyon, named for the Shoshoni Indians, who hunted in the region. However, most of the Big Horn Basin had been Crow territory until the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. West of the canyon, the north and the south forks of …