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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T36_fremont-hotel-historical_Lander-WY.html
The Fremont served guests for eighty years on the corner of Main and 3rd, from 1891 to 1971. Jerry Sheehan had the foresight to build an out-of-the ordinary hotel in an isolated western town. Mr. Sheehan was no stranger to the hotel business. Prio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T35_bossert-building-historical_Lander-WY.html
This unique ornate building has been on Lander's Main Street since 1893. Built by Thomas J. Bossert and it was used for his dry goods store. He ran it as a "cash only" store. He advertised clothing at lower prices than every offered in Lander. He …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T31_borners-garden-schoolhouse-historical_Lander-WY.html
This schoolhouse was built by John Borner along the Old Indian Trail near the mouth of Sinks Canyon. Mr. Borner was well known by residents of Lander for is large, plentiful garden. He was married in 1875 to Lena (Jenny) Canary, the sister of the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T2Z_site-of-fort-augur-historical_Lander-WY.html
Fort Brown 1870 - 78
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T2Y_main-street-historical_Lander-WY.html
J.K. Moore, post trader at Fort Washakie, built the large store shown in mid-photo in the early 1880s. It was later to be one of the most elaborate saloons in the entire west, fitted out with glassware and furniture cut in the shape of diamonds. S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T1V_sinks-canyon-historical_Lander-WY.html
From the time the glaciers of the last Ice Age retreated about 16,000 years ago, people have journeyed into Sinks Canyon. The canyon is a natural pathway into and over the southern Wind River Mountains. For thousands of years people, and wildlife,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T1O_the-rise-of-the-sinks-historical_Lander-WY.html
The Rise of the Sinks is a large spring where the water of the middle fork of the Popo Agie River reappears after flowing into a limestone cavern called the Sinks, located a quarter of a mile upstream. The water flows underground following an u…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T1M_popo-agie-power-historical_Lander-WY.html
In 1919 the Sinks Canyon Hydro Electric Company built a power plant in the canyon to provide electricity for Lander. A dam was built upstream of the Sinks. The dam diverted part of the Popo Agie River into a pipeline which carried the water to the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T1F_the-sinks-historical_Lander-WY.html
"The Sinks" are a series of cracks and crevices at the back of the cavern before you. The water of the Popo Agie River flows into the Sinks. It then reappears at the "Rise of the Sinks," a large calm pool ΒΌ mile down canyon. (…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1T1E_sinks-canyon-corridor-to-the-winds-historical_Lander-WY.html
The heavily timbered slope before you provides excellent habitat for many species of wildlife. Douglas Fir trees with Oregon Grape, Mountain Lover, Snowberry, Wild Rose and many other shrubs in the under story, cover the slope. Vegetation is thick…
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