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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QBL_the-oregon-trail_Casper-WY.html
Oregon Trail approximately four miles north, on bend of North Platte visible to the north. Robert Stuart in 1812 erected the first white man's cabin in Wyoming.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QBK_emigrant-gap-historical-site_Casper-WY.html
Many emigrant pioneers passed through this gap, or opening, in Emigrant Ridge between the 1840's and the 1880's as they traveled the Oregon-Mormon Trail by oxen-drawn wagons, on horseback, or on foot. The trail generally followed the North Platte …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QBF_oregon-california-trail_Casper-WY.html
Two plaques and a medallion are located at this site:
Oregon- California Trail
During the years 1841-1867 over 350,000 persons passed through Casper on their way West. The majority of them traveled through what is now the lobby of the Firs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QAP_queen-city-of-the-west_Casper-WY.html
Bessemer (1888-1892) was one of many small towns that grew quickly in late nineteenth century Wyoming. Early explorers and traders had discovered crude oil seeping to the surface of the ground in this area. One nearby oil spring drew the attention…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QAK_reluctant-farewells_Casper-WY.html
In this location wagons, carts, livestock, and emigrants forded the North Platte River during organized migrations through the Rocky Mountain West. Congressional prodding to occupy the Oregon Territory in the early 1840s, and the lure of fertile, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QAJ_science-visits-the-west_Casper-WY.html
Field exploration by scientists in the late 1800s illuminated the American West. One of the most charismatic of these men was Dr. Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden. Born in 1828 in Massachusetts and trained as a physician, Dr. Hayden first journeyed to t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QAF_ranching-takes-its-place_Casper-WY.html
Permanent settlers began claiming this region by the late 1870s, at the end of the Plains Indian wars. The nearby Goose Egg Ranch dates to 1877 when the Searight Brothers Cattle Company trailed more than 20,000 head of cattle into Wyoming Territor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QAE_history-is-not-obvious_Casper-WY.html
From the moment humans first saw these red buttes, an enduring memory and sense of place was created. Gone for centuries now are the aboriginal people that hunted bison on the plains around you, and trappers that ventured here seeking beaver, mink…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QA7_red-buttes_Casper-WY.html
of Oregon Trail fame, where
westward travelers left the
North Platte River.
A Tribute to Pioneer Emigrants
from
Casper Literary Club
1930
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QA6_shape-of-the-future_Casper-WY.html
The eighteenth century saw competition for control of North America among Spain, France, England, and the fledgling United States. Following a forty-year period of wars, treaties, territorial purchases, and establishment of trading posts, the futu…