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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TBS_wyoming-winds-historical_Kinnear-WY.html
On the wind-blown mountain slopes south and west of Dubois winters the world's largest herd of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep. The bighorn once was found throughout all mountain habitats of the Rockies: today its range is but a remnant. The sheep-ea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TBR_crowheart-butte-historical_Kinnear-WY.html
In March, 1866, a battle was fought in this vicinity between Shoshone and Bannock Indians on one side and Crow Indians on the other.
The contest was waged for the supremacy of hunting grounds in the Wind River basin. Crowheart Butte was so name…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TBQ_the-riverton-project-historical_Kinnear-WY.html
Portions of the High Plains were not settled until the early 20th century because water was needed for irrigation. Responding to pressure for Western settlement, Congress created the Reclamation Service in 1902. Its purpose was to develop water re…