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In 1865 General Patrick E. Connor led the "Powder River Expedition" into this area. This expedition was a part of a broad military program to bring the Indians north of the Platte River under control and halt their depredations along the…
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Mrs. Susan Wissler, on May 9 1911, was elected mayor of Dayton, Wyoming, then a community of about 175 people. She served two terms of two years each. Her administration was marked by civic improvements and community betterment as her campaign pro…
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410 Bridge Street Dayton, Wyoming 82836 "Built in 1935-35 for the Town of Dayton by the WPA & the CCC" National Register of Historic Places Wyoming Place No. 1338
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      Ranchester was established in 1894. The McShane Tie Company used it as a shipping point for railroad ties. These ties were cut and hewn by hand in the Big Horn Mountains. They then floated down a six mile flume to the Tongue River.     …
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Here Aug. 29,1865, troops andIndian scouts commandedby Gen. P.E. Connor destroyedan Arapahoe Indian village.Erected byThe Historical Landmark Commissionof Wyoming1936
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Bingham Post Office and stage station on the Rock Creek stage line was located from 1879 to 1885 at Benjamin F. Smith's ranch on the north side of the Tongue River, where the stage road crossed. The site is in a field west of the ranch buildings, …
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Marked by theState of Wyoming1864
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          Historically, this area of the Tongue River served as a trail and stage road crossing. The Boseman Trail, road to the Montana gold fields, crossed here beginning in 1864. The Bozeman cut through the Powder River Basin, violating the…
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      At this site on Tongue River, August 29, 1865, Brigadier General Patrick E. Connor. 125 cavalrymen, and 90 Indian scouts attacked an Arapaho village of several hundred lodges. After a swift night march, Connor's men surprised and stormed …
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      On this site during the early morning hours of August 29, 1865, General Patrick Edward Connor led over 200 troops in an attack on Chief Black Bear's Arapaho village. Connor had departed from Fort Laramie on July 30th with 184 wagons, a co…
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