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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19M5_the-corridor-west_Lander-WY.html
The trail over South Pass is a transportation corridor which served many purposes. In addition to being the route to Oregon and California, it was used by Mormon pioneers and by the Pony Express.
A great exodus to the Salt Lake Valley in 1847 w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19M4_the-way-west_Lander-WY.html
With South Pass behind them, Oregon and California-bound travelers faced the second half of their journey. The roughest travel was yet to come. From Missouri to South Pass, emigrants were able to follow rivers. But from South Pass to Oregon and Ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19M2_south-pass_Lander-WY.html
The South Pass, in which you are now located, is perhaps the most significant transportation-gateway through the Rocky Mountains. Indians, mountain men, Oregon Trail emigrants, Pony Express riders, and miners all recognized the value of this passa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19M1_gold-flakes-to-yellowcake-historic-mine-trail_Lander-WY.html
The Historic Mine Trail and Byway Program designated the Gold Flakes to Yellowstone Historic Mine Trail in 2005. This trail links significant finds of gold, iron ore, and uranium, each of which played important roles in Wyoming's history.
The G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19M0_the-atlantic-city-project_Lander-WY.html
The hills of the Sweetwater Mining District hold various minerals, and beginning in the 1960s, iron ore mining provided an economic boom for the area. In 1960 the U.S. Steel Corporation broke ground on the nation's highest open pit iron ore mine a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19LY_beaver-rim-and-the-wind-river-range_Lander-WY.html
Viewed from Beaver Rim, the Wind River Mountains, part of the Rocky Mountain chain, boast 53 granite peaks over 13,000 feet high. The Continental Divide runs the length of the Wind River Range. Water on the east side of the Continental Divide flow…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19LX_gold-flakes-to-yellowcake-historic-mine-trail_Lander-WY.html
The Historic Mine Trail and Byway Program designated the Gold Flakes to Yellowstone Historic Mine Trail in 2005. This trail links significant finds of gold, iron ore, and uranium, each of which played important roles in Wyoming's history.
The G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19LV_gold-flakes-to-yellowcake-historic-mine-trail_Jeffrey-City-WY.html
The Historic Mine Trail and Byway Program designated the Gold Flakes to Yellowstone Historic Mine Trail in 2005. This trail links significant finds of gold, iron ore, and uranium, each of which played important roles in Wyoming's history.
The G…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19LU_jeffrey-city_Jeffrey-City-WY.html
Home on the range, a tiny community consisting of a post office, gas station, and a few souls, sat quiet and undisturbed along this lonesome stretch of highway until the 1950's. That all changed when the nation's uranium industry boomed after Worl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19LT_split-rock_Rawlins-WY.html
A famous natural landmark used by Indians, trappers, and emigrants on the Oregon Trail. Site of Split Rock Pony Express 1860-1861, stage and telegraph station is on the south side of the Sweetwater. Split Rock can be seen as a cleft on the Rattles…