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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OMY_george-a-wyman_Medicine-Bow-WY.html
Waypoint
George A. Wyman
1st Across America
San Francisco to
New York City, 1903
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1CX3_viewing-the-fort-grounds_Sinclair-WY.html
Fort Fred Steele was established in 1868 as one of a group of military posts placed along the route of the Trans-Continental Railroad to protect and support the railroad construction. Today, except for the Powder Magazine (south of the Railroad tr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ABQ_fort-fred-steele_Sinclair-WY.html
Fort Fred SteeleU.S. Military PostJune 30, 1868toAugust 7, 1886
Marked by theState of Wyoming1914
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ABP_fort-fred-steele_Sinclair-WY.html
? ? ? ? ?The south central portion of Wyoming has long been a travel corridor for prehistoric and historic people. Native American tribes from the Great Basin region to the west crossed this area to hunt buffalo on the eastern plains.? ? ? ? ?From…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ABO_ranching-central_Sinclair-WY.html
? ? ? ? ?You are in Carbon County, an area central to Wyoming's past and present ranching industry. In the 1930s the county was populated by over one million sheep and annually shipped more pounds of wool than any other county in the United States…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ABN_wyoming-a-fortress-for-wildlife_Sinclair-WY.html
? ? ? ? ?It is not happenstance that Wyoming hosts a wealth of our nation's wildlife resource. Early explorers wrote descriptions of the buffalo, "... blackening the plains as far as the eye could see. The pronghorn antelope were as numerous as th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ABJ_rawlins-springs_Rawlins-WY.html
In the summer of 1867, a survey party led by General Grenville M. Dodge seeking a route for the Union Pacific Railroad stopped here.
General John A. Rawlins, a member of the party, spoke of the spring as "the most gracious and acceptable of any…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1682_this-marker-on-the-overland-trail_PhinDeli-WY.html
This marker on theOverland Trail.Platte River crossingnine miles west1861 to 1868
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQG_wagonhound-rest-area_Elk-Mountain-WY.html
The area near the Wagonhound Rest Area has played an important role in western transportation since the earliest days of human activity in the Rock Mountain west. The area has provided Wyoming's earliest inhabitants, explorers, westbound settlers,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQF_wagonhound-tipi-rings_Elk-Mountain-WY.html
The stone circles of "Tipi Rings" as this site mark the location of a prehistoric Native American campsite. The stones were probably used to anchor the skins of conical tents known by the Sioux word "Tipi". the stones were placed around the base o…