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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UHZ_veterans-home-of-wyoming-war-memorials-a-war-memorial_Buffalo-WY.html
Fort McKinney
1877-1894
Veterans Home
1903
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UHU_cantonment-reno-supplied-the-1876-indian-campaign-historical_Kaycee-WY.html
The year was 1876. Armies marched from every direction of the compass to confront Native Americans in the Powder River Country. One command under General George Crook marched three times that year from Fort Fetterman to the Powder River and points…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UGZ_buffalo-and-the-bighorn-mountains-historical_Buffalo-WY.html
The landforms dominating the western horizon are the result of geologic events taking place over 2.7 billion years. The major mountain building episode, which formed the Bighorns, began around 65 million years ago. This uplift resulted in the expo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UGY_buffalo-historical_Buffalo-WY.html
Near the base of the Bighorn mountain range, the City of Buffalo was founded in 1879 after the end of the Indian War Campaigns. Buffalo originally serviced soldiers from Fort McKinney located 3 miles south on the Bozeman Trail. In the years that f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UGX_we-live-like-the-prairie-dogs-that-surround-us-historical_Kaycee-WY.html
This could have been said by a member of the Cantonment Reno garrison. Cantonment means temporary, and this definitely described the conditions here. Construction began in the fall of 1876, and because of the approaching winter, dugouts and cabins…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UGW_taming-the-powder-river-the-first-bridge-historical_Kaycee-WY.html
A raging wall of water in the spring and a mud wallow in the fall, the Powder River could halt a wagon train for days. The first attempt to temper the river was made by the post trader who construction a wood toll bridge. This was quickly washed o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QHJ_homesteading-and-the-jenkins-family_Buffalo-WY.html
This marker is in the form of a timeline. The left to right timeline is presented here from top to bottom. Jenkins Family History is in italics text. Homesteading History is in normal text. History Milestones are in bold text.
1862: First Home…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q1C_chris-le-ledoux_Kaycee-WY.html
October 2, 1948 - March 9, 2005
The boot print in the concrete entering the park are from Chris' boots. They were placed there to welcome all to a good place to reflect and relax, "Enjoy the ride."
Born in Biloxi, MS on October 2, 1948, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q06_the-dull-knife-battle_Kaycee-WY.html
In the months following Custer's defeat at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, a group of Native American members of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe left their allies along the Little Big Horn River and traveled south to encamp for the winter. Led by D…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q05_ranching-on-the-powder-river_Kaycee-WY.html
From the top of the Big Horn Mountains on the west to the Pumpkin Buttes on the east, this area evolved with grazing animals, from bison and other wildlife hunted by nomadic Indians, to the vast herds of cattle brought in by foreign investors in t…