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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PUM_medicine-wheel_Lovell-WY.html
Medicine Mountain to your left, was named for the Medicine Wheel, a stone circle that lies atop a ridge below its summit. Designated a National Historic landmark, this symbol remains a mystery as the builders and purpose of the Medicine Wheel rema…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PUL_gold-fever_Lovell-WY.html
The large rocks next to you are granite. These were formed within the earth's crust 1 billion years ago. Their exposure is the result of the eroding forces of wind, water, and ice. This granite contains quartz and resembles the rock containing gol…
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"Eventually one gets to the Medicine Wheel to fulfill one's life." — Old Mouse, Arikara
High in the Big Horn Mountains at nearly 10,000 feet above sea level, lies the Medicine Wheel - a place of worship, a National Historic Site, and an ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PTT_medicine-wheel_Lovell-WY.html
Thousands of stone circles lie scattered over the Northern Plains and Rocky Mountains. What were they used for?
Over 100 of these stone circles are known as Medicine Wheels. The Bighorn Medicine Wheel is probably the most well known and sacred t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PTS_medicine-wheel_Lovell-WY.html
The white man called it the Medicine Wheel, but to many Native Americans Indians it is, "The Place Where the Eagle Lands." To many people it is a sacred place, and there are few that leave without experiencing something outside the ordinary.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PTF_five-springs_Lovell-WY.html
Several of the prehistoric trails that led through the Big Horn Mountains intersect here. The first people using these trails may have entered the area on the very same path you are now using, as long as 10,000 years ago! Over time, possibly due t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PTE_bighorn-basin_Lovell-WY.html
These two plaques offer brief history of the Bighorn Basin.
Bighorn Basin — It's Creation
Before you lies the Bighorn Basin, which has its southern end in Wyoming and extends into Montana. Six hundred million years of geologic his…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PTC_mason-lovell-ranch_Lovell-WY.html
Side A
One of the largest cattle operations in the Wyoming Territory, the Mason-Lovell Ranch moved its headquarters here in 1883. At its peak the ranch grazed cattle from Thermopolis, Wyoming to the Crow Reservation in Montana.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PT7_the-original-dayton-kane-highway_Lovell-WY.html
For many years, the northern most road over Wyoming's Big Horn mountains was commonly referred to as the Dayton-Kane Road. It connected those two towns on opposite sides of the mountain, the latter now just a memory beneath the waters of Big Horn …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PT4_big-horn-basin_Lovell-WY.html
Big Horn Basin in northwest Wyoming is bound on the west by the Beartooth and Absaroka Mountains, on the south are the Wind River and Owl Creek ranges, on the north the Pryor Mountains and on the east are the Big Horns. The Basin is nearly ellipti…