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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25FO_the-golden-gate_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Bridging the Golden Gate Canyon was one of the most difficult and expensive engineering engineers faced when building the first roads through the park. The first bridge was built in 1885. Twelve hundred seventy-five pounds of explosives were neede…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM25EN_yellowstone-national-park-chapel_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Yellowstone National Park
Chapel
Erected 1913
at the suggestion of
Honorable John W. Meldrum,
First National Park U.S. Commissioner
and endorsed by
Bishop William F. Nichols
Bishop Nathaniel S. Thomas
Bishop James J. Keane
Brigadier Gene…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YOH_buffalo-bill-dam_Cody-WY.html
Welcome to the
Buffalo Bill
Dam
& Visitor Center
Cody, Wyoming
Tallest Dam in the World in 1910
Built 1905 - 1910
Modified 1985 - 1993
National Register of Historic Places 1973
Civil Engineering Landmark 1973
Free Admision
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YOG_buffalo-bill-reservoir_Cody-WY.html
Buffalo Bill Reservoir
The Shoshone Project Story
The development by the U.S. Reclamation Service of the great irrigation project in the lower Shoshone valley required sacrifice of their land by the settlers living in the upper part of the valle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YOF_upstream-cableway-winch_Cody-WY.html
Upstream Cableway Winch
This cableway winch, which was used to install and remove the ball plugs, trash racks, and the bulkhead gate for the left abutment outlet works, dates to the construction of the Shoshone Powerplant in 1922. It was oriigina…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YOE_balanced-plunger-hydraulic-valve_Cody-WY.html
Balanced Plunger Hydraulic Valve
This 48-inch diameter valve is one of two which were originally installed at the base of the Buffalo Bill Dam in 1922 to supply water to the Shoshone Powerplant and low level river outlet works. The two valves wer…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YOD_ball-plug_Cody-WY.html
Ball Plug
This large wood and concrete ball plug was one of two used to halt the flow of water through the 42-inch diameter power outlet works conduits, located in the base of the dam. The balls facilitated the repair and maintenance of downstrea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YH4_fort-yellowstone_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Fort Yellowstone
has been designated a
National Historic Landmark
This Fort Possesses National Significance
In Commemorating the History of the
United States America
2003
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Q1E_heart-mountain-relocation-center-honor-roll-and-flag-pole_Powell-WY.html
More that 750 young men and women incarcerated during World War II at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, despite being forced by the government to live in wooden barracks surrounded by barbed wire, left to serve their country in the U.S. Armed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PRJ_barracks-living-area_Powell-WY.html
You are now overlooking the entire living area of the Heart Mountain Relocation Center. More than 10,000 men, women and children lived in the area bounded on your left by at the red brick home in there distance, the hill ahead of you, the hospital…