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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24YR_sundance-nature-area_Sundance-WY.html
Sundance Creek nature trail extends for six blocks between City Park and Sundance Pond near the Fairgrounds. Along this leisurely walk are interpretive signs for your information and enjoyment. This self-guided trail is provided to help you learn …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24Y2_a-community-processing-plant_Beulah-WY.html
The enormous task of butchering began immediately after the kill. Adult men and women worked in teams to rapidly skin carcasses and begin cutting them into pieces small enough to be carried out of the sinkhole, possibly by adolescents. Meat and hi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24Y1_trapping-buffalo_Beulah-WY.html
Indians used a combination of drivelines, controlled harassment, and decoys to move the herd toward the intended trap. Here at the Vore site, drainages were probably used to keep the herd together and headed in the desired direction. In addition, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24XY_discovering-the-vore-archaeological-site_Beulah-WY.html
The Vore site was discovered during the construction of Interstate Highway 90. A crew of archaeologists from the University of Wyoming spent two summers (1970 and 1971) determining the horizontal and vertical extent of the cultural materials (near…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24XX_watching-the-heavens-and-earth_Sundance-WY.html
A Fire Lookout's Job
The men and women who work in fire lookout towers locate nearly 80% of wildfires in their area. The job of the Forest Service Lookout involves observing the heavens and earth for the telltale signs of a forest fire - …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24VX_the-sundance-kid_Sundance-WY.html
Harry A. Longabaugh served time in our
local jail and did take his name from
Sundance, WY. Commissioned by the Sundance
Area Chamber of Commerce
this statue was created by
South Dakota native
Edward E. Hlavka
The full story and other…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24TO_what-are-those-big-concrete-pyramids-down-by-the-river_Devils-Tower-WY.html
Ever wonder what those big concrete pyramids down by the river are? Why are they there? How long have they been there?
Before the Keyhole Dam was built in 1952, the old bridge (built in 1928) across the Belle Fourche River was frequently in dan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UR5_inyan-kara-historical_Moorcroft-WY.html
Though rising only 600 ft above the floor of the plains, Inyan Kara Mountain stands
as one of the most important cultural and historical landmarks of the Black Hills. Inyan
Kara forms an important part of the sacred geography of the Black Hills …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UMH_custer-expedition-historical_Sundance-WY.html
In July 1874 Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, and more that 1000 soldiers, camped near here while engaged in a military expedition to explore the Black Hills. The expedition's official purpose was to locate a suitable site for an army p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UMG_inyan-kara-methodist-episcopal-church-historical_Sundance-WY.html
Inyan Kara Methodist
Episcopal Church
One of the first
country churches in
Wyoming was built by
Rev. O.B. Chassell,
pastor of Sundance
circuit,
and member of Inyan
Kara Community in 1891.
Site one mile west.