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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MOS_oregon-trail-ruts_Guernsey-WY.html
has been designated aRegistered NationalHistoric LandmarkUnder the provisions of theHistoric Sites Act of August 21, 1935this site possesses exceptional valuein commemorating or illustratingthe history of the United States.U.S. Department of the I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MOQ_oregon-trail-memorial_Guernsey-WY.html
Dedicated to thepioneers of WyomingRegister Cliffacquired by theState of Wyomingthrough gift of theHenry Frederickfamily1932
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MON_mexican-hill_Guernsey-WY.html
Spotted through the right-hand sight is Mexican Hill. At Mexican Hill the covered wagon emigrants, having turned into the fort on the Laramie River for information, supplies or repairs, cut over the intervening ridge to regain the Platte River rou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MOM_fort-laramie_Guernsey-WY.html
This sighting device points to the crest of a ridge separating the North Platte and Laramie Rivers. Directly down the opposite slope, on the banks of the Laramie about a mile above the confluence of the streams, stands Fort Laramie. It is about ei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MIL_the-oregon-trail_Guernsey-WY.html
Cold Spring campingground. Rifle pits onbrow of hill 500 feetnorth.Erected by the Historical LandmarkCommission of Wyoming1943
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M3M_oregon-trail-ruts-state-historic-site_Guernsey-WY.html
Three panels are found at the Park Kiosk near the parking lot.
The Trail West
During the mid-1800s, more than 500,000 pioneers journeyed west. Never more than a rocky, rutted trail, the road west began in Missouri, crossing the plains …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LZS_forts-stations-and-camps_Guernsey-WY.html
Two plaque, under the same name, described military forts and stations on the Wyoming's Platte River section of the Oregon Trail.
Panel 1:
There were four forts, numerous stations, and camps along the Oregon-California-Mormon Trails in Wy…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LZR_the-united-states-army-and-the-oregon-trail_Guernsey-WY.html
The U.S. Army's Role in Protecting the Oregon Trail in Wyoming 1842 to 1870
Lieutenant John C. Fremont led an expedition west in 1842 to map a route to Oregon Territory. The scout, Kit Carson, guided the expedition. Lieutenant Fremont's …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LZQ_encampments-in-the-guernsey-area_Guernsey-WY.html
By wagon, encampments in the Guernsey area, are a day's trek from Fort Laramie. Emigrants had three choices of camp sites in the Guernsey area: Register Cliff, Warm Springs or Cold Springs, the farthest encampment.
Lieutenant John C. Fremont's…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IO2_rifle-pit-hill_Guernsey-WY.html
Rock quarries, visible from several points near this location, were used beginning in 1849 to supply stone and lime for construction projects at Fort Laramie, about 15 miles east. Workers in the quarries were protected by soldiers stationed in for…