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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UU3_the-castle-historical_Hartville-WY.html
The Castle is the largest and most complex picnic shelter in Guernsey State Park. Although the shelter looks like a stronghold, it is easily accessible. The log and stone structure was constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the mid-193…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UU2_million-dollar-biffy-historical_Hartville-WY.html
This massive sandstone and log latrine was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930's. The structure is 21 feet wide and 42 feet long although it looks larger because of the masses of rock at the corners. The workmen jokingly named th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UT7_laramie-peak-historical_Wheatland-WY.html
As you journey through Wyoming, you are one of the countless travelers who has looked out to the west and seen the granite rising of Laramie Peak. Near Scottsbluff, Nebraska, approximately 80 miles east of Dwyer Junction, emigrants witnessed their…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UT6_hartville-historical_Hartville-WY.html
The Town of Hartville was named for Col. Verling Hart stationed at old Ft. Laramie in the late 1870's when Wyoming was still a territory. The town site of 200 acres was purchased from the Federal Government for $250.00. President Theodore Roosevel…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UT5_firewood-cool-water-historical_Guernsey-WY.html
Called Bitter Cottonwood Creek because of the groves of cottonwood trees growing there, this location was a welcome relief for emigrant pioneers as they traveled along the relatively treeless road to the west in the 1840s, 50s, & 60s. Many pioneer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UT4_oregon-trail-historical_Guernsey-WY.html
Marked by the State of Wyoming 1913
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UT3_oregon-trail-historical_Guernsey-WY.html
At this point the Oregon Trail crossed.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1USI_oregon-trail-historical_Lingle-WY.html
Marked by the State of Wyoming 1914
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1USC_mormon-trail-historical_Lingle-WY.html
1336 miles - Nauvoo, Illinois to the Salt Lake Valley (Second plaque below:) "Whether I live or whether I die all is well, all is well" Elizabeth Rutledge 1806 - 1852
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1USB_the-journey-west-continues-historical_Fort-Laramie-WY.html
"We proceeded (westward from Fort Laramie) and encamped outside the boundaries of Uncle Sam." So wrote Dr. J.S. Shepard in 1851 as he began the second leg of his journey west. "To leave Fort Laramie was to cast off all ties with civilization. It w…
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