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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O6B_wild-sheep-and-wild-fire_Shoshoni-WY.html
Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep once roamed much of the western United States. Now, these magnificent animals are found in only a fraction of their historic range. Human expansion, disease, market hunting and fire suppression all contributed to the d…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NL4_site-of-original-boysen-dam_Shoshoni-WY.html
      Mule teams hauled the materials for the original Boysen Dam, built here in the early 1900s by Asmus Boysen to provide power for his gold and copper mining interests in this area. A few years later when the Burlington Railroad built throug…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NKK_boysen-dam-and-reservoir-today_Shoshoni-WY.html
In 1952, dignitaries dedicated a new dam built by the Bureau of Reclamation, one and half miles upstream from Asmus Boysen's historic dam.Construction began with blasting of a tunnel to divert the river and included relocation of both the highway …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NKF_geology-of-the-wind-river-canyon_Shoshoni-WY.html
      The Wind River Canyon provides a unique slice through geologic time. While driving through the canyon, you can see rocks that were deposited when life was beginning and when Wyoming was covered by a sea with a tropical climate similar to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IYO_narcissa-prentiss-whitman_Lander-WY.html
Narcissa Prentiss Whitman. Eliza. Hart Spalding. First white women to cross this Pass July 4, 1836
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IYN_oregon-buttes_Lander-WY.html
To the south stand the Oregon Buttes, a major trail landmark. The name is significant because the Buttes were roughly the beginning of the Oregon Territory and also helped keep emigrants encouraged, even though there were still hundreds of miles o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IYM_south-pass_Lander-WY.html
South Pass was discovered in 1812 by a small band of Astorians led by Robert Stuart as they traveled east with dispatches for John Jacob Astor. It was "rediscovered" in 1824 by a party led by Jedediah Smith as they searched for a winter …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IYH_old-oregon-trail_Lander-WY.html
Old Oregon Trail 1843-57
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ISC_site-of-fort-mcgraw_Lander-WY.html
1857 Site of Fort McGraw (sic) Rendezvous of Scouts & Trappers 1812 - 1835 Another marker, next to the Site of Fort McGraw marker, is currently missing, but its text is provided below: Site of Fort Thompson or Camp MaGaw In 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IRB_willies-handcart-company_Atlantic-City-WY.html
Captain James G. Willie's Handcart Company of Mormon emigrants on the way to Utah, greatly exhausted by the deep snow of an early winter and suffering form lack of food and clothing, had assembled here for reorganization by relief parties from Uta…
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