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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMEFZ_fort-phil-kearny_Story-WY.html
The Land The land under view where the Great Plains meets the Rocky Mountains was once the Red Man's land of milk and honey, then as now teaming with wildlife. It was a most productive—thus favorite—hunting ground. But it was also a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8UL_jim-bridger_Fort-Bridger-WY.html
1804-1881Famous mountain man, trader and scoutDonated by the Fort Bridger Historical AssociationDedicated 8-8-08Artist David A. Clark
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM8GS_john-wesley-powell_Green-River-WY.html
From Green River, Wyoming on May 24, 1869 Major John Wesley Powell and a group of voyagers set out to discover the mysteries of one of the last unexplored regions in the continental United States—the Green and Colorado Rivers. Powell was a d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3BI_register-cliff_Guernsey-WY.html
The wayfarer's penchant for inscribing names and dates on prominent landmarks excites the interest of his descendants. Regrettably, marks of historic value are often effaced by later opportunists. Along the Oregon Trail, famed transcontinental …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3BH_oregon-trail-ruts_Guernsey-WY.html
Wagon wheels cut solid rock, carving a memorial to Empire Builders. what manner of men and beasts impelled conveyances weighting on those griding wheels? Look! A line of shadows crossing boundless wilderness. Foremost, nimble mules drawing thei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3BG_old-army-bridge-over-the-platte-river_Fort-Laramie-WY.html
Erected in 1875. This bridge was a vital link between Cheyenne, Fort Laramie and the Military outposts, Indiana Agencies and gold fields of the Black Hills, Dakota Region. Placed by The Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming, June 1951
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AD_cheyenne-deadwood-trail_Newcastle-WY.html
The Cheyenne-Deadwood Trail, a heritage precious to state and nation, was used by gold seekers and Black Hills emigrants from 1876 to 1887. Crossing U. S. Highway 16 at this point, it followed Stockade Beaver Creek passing Beaver Creek Stage Stati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AC_camp-jenney_Newcastle-WY.html
Camp site of the first authorized military expedition into the Black Hills. On September 12, 1857 Lt. G. K. Warren of the U. S. Topographical Engineers and his party, camped here and erected a log corral. (17 years before the famous Custer Expedit…