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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TMI_little-sandy-crossing-historical_Farson-WY.html
This spot where the old Oregon and Mormon Trails cross the Little Sandy River (or Creek) was a popular camping and resting place for travelers headed to Oregon, California and Utah. Indeed, this site is one of the most significant landmarks on the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TMF_tri-territory-historic-site-historical_WY.html
Marking the common boundary of the Louisiana Purchase (1803) The Northwest Territory (1846) and Mexico (1848).
The Site is located where the Continental Divide crosses the 42nd parallel North Latitude.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TME_tri-territory-historic-site-historical_WY.html
This site, where the Continental Divide crosses the 42 degree parallel, North Latitude, was first claimed by Spain through the presumptive right of early discoveries and explorations. The area was also a part of Acadia, granted in 1603 by Henry IV…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TMC_parting-of-the-ways-historical_WY.html
This point on the trail is called the Parting-of-the-Ways. The trail to the right is the Sublette or Greenwood Cutoff and to the left is the main route of the Oregon, Mormon, and California Trails. The Sublette Cutoff was opened in 1844 because it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QHK_superior_Rock-Springs-WY.html
This monument is dedicated to the miners who worked here and especially to those who lost their lives. It is also a monument to the living — those who ave remained and exemplify the men and women whose independent character created this comm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QH8_prospecting_Superior-WY.html
In 1900, while prospecting was being carried on in the vicinity of Cumberland, Morgan Griffiths, Gus Paulsen and a party of prospectors went northeast from Rock Springs to prospect in Horse Thief Canyon, since outcrops of a promising deposit of co…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QH7_unions_Rock-Springs-WY.html
Unions were established in the Wyoming coal fields for several reasons. In part, they developed due to the dangers found underground in coal mines, the lack of fair wages and the fact that coal companies often controlled a man's life from cradle t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QH6_working-in-the-mines_Superior-WY.html
Men and machines became the rule within the Superior Coal Field. While mules and horses were used in the early years, by the late 1930's, most of the mines had mechanized loaders, conveyors, and cutters. The cutters under-cut the coal, the loaders…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QH5_immigrants_Superior-WY.html
The people who moved into Superior were from diverse ethnic backgrounds. They came from Austria, Slovenia, England, Wales, Scotland, Germany, Italy, Japan and Greece. Other nationalities loved (sic) and worked in various Superior communities contr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QH4_town-development_Superior-WY.html
This map shows the location of the Union Pacific coal mines and coal camps built in the years between 1906 and 1910. The town of South Superior is purposefully left off this map. It was not owned by Union Pacific Coal Company and in this time peri…