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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TMR_meadows-in-the-sage-historical_Lander-WY.html
With spring, the meadow grasses and broad-leafed plants, called forbs, emerge green and succulent. Antelope, mule deer, and elk wintering south and west of here return each spring to the green grass and forb meadows found in the sagebrush desert a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TLP_pacific-springs-historical_Lander-WY.html
For many emigrants, the first tangible evidence that the had crossed South Pass was Pacific Springs, "the fountain source of the Pacific streams," according to pioneer Joseph Goldsborough Bruff. The broad expanse of the pass from Pacific Springs w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TKI_rocky-ridge-historical_Lander-WY.html
At 7000 feet above sea level, Rocky Ridge is the highest point on the Mormon and Oregon Trails. This elevation, lack of water, and rugged landscape presented a challenge to early pioneers. The trail over Rocky Ridge is approximately two miles long…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TKH_willie-rescue-site-historical_Lander-WY.html
The James G. Willie Handcart Company was rescued on October 21, 1856 by a rescue party sent by Brigham Young. 21 members of the Willie Company perished in this valley due to a severe winter storm and lack of clothing and food. Captain Willie left …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TES_union-pass-historical_Dubois-WY.html
Union Pass, so named in 1860 by Captain William F. Raynolds during the Hayden Surveys of Wyoming, provides access across the Continental Divide in the Northern Wind River Mountains. Ancient peoples used this pass for centuries, with use by fur tra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TER_tie-hack-memorial-historical_Dubois-WY.html
Hacked and Stacked Ties were made from trees hacked and cut by hand...hence the name "tie hack." Tie hacks were a special breed of loggers who could quickly fell, limb a tree, and fashion the tie down to the specification demanded. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TEO_dallas-dome-oil-field-historical_Lander-WY.html
Site of Wyoming's First Oil Well - 1884
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TEM_red-canyon-wildlife-habitat-management-area-historical_Lander-WY.html
The Red Canyon Wildlife Habitat Management Area (WHMA) before you is a crucial part of the entire winter range complex along the Southern Wind River Mountains in the Lander Area. The 1785 acres of the Red Canyon WHMA were purchased in 1958 primari…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TBT_fort-washakie-world-war-ii-veterans-memorial-a-war-memorial_Fort-Washakie-WY.html
In Memory of Those Who Made the Supreme Sacrifice in World War II Sherman Redman · Lee Wadda · Gordon E. Burt · Elwin Elmer · George W. Antelope · Claude Goggles · William Trosper · …
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…
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