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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NL2_monument-corrections_Casper-WY.html
Originally located 3 blocks south of here, this monument was moved to this location in 1952. In an effort to rectify inaccurate information presented on the monument, the following corrections are provided.Oregon TrailThe 1849 date presented on th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MOX_bridger-road-waltman-crossing_Casper-WY.html
      Here the present-day highway crosses what remains of an all but forgotten road. That road led to the remote goldfields of western Montana, booming since 1862.       The government, in 1859, ordered Captain W.F. Raynolds, Topographical …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MOW_committed-to-the-land_Casper-WY.html
      Large numbers of cattle populated this country prior to the devastating storms of the 1880's. Sheep were far more profitable than cattle and sheep herds began to multiply. However, the terrible winter of 1919 and predators took their toll…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MNT_city-of-casper_Casper-WY.html
The city of Casper, established near the site of old Fort Casper, formerly Plate Bridge Station, was named in honor of Lieut. Casper Collins, who lost his life in an Indian battle there on July 26, 1865. The fort was one of the small army posts wh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MNS_giving-shape-to-history_Casper-WY.html
This larger-than-life sculpture, "The Pony Express", was conceived and created by the heart and hands of Avard Tennyson Fairbanks (1897 - 1987).Born into an artistic family in Provo, Utah, Avard Fairbanks showed childhood talent for crea…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MNE_pioneer-monument-fort-casper_Casper-WY.html
Pioneer MonumentErected on this siteof theOld Oregon Trailin memory of the pioneerswho blazed the way.Built byNatrona County PioneerAssociation1849             1911 Fort Casper—————U. S. Military PostEstablishe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IQC_hells-half-acre_Casper-WY.html
This unique setting of natural beauty cover approximately 320 acres. Viewed from a point of maximum depth, its walls and pinnacles show soft and varied hues comparable to the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone. Investigation has confirmed that in f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19LJ_frederick-richard-fulkerson_Alcova-WY.html
The grave of F.R. Fulkerson was noted by forty-niner J.G. Bruff on July 26, 1849, as he traveled through what he termed "Pass of the Rattle-Snake Mountain to the left of Devil's Gate." The survival of the large granite boulder used as the Fulkerso…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM167T_independence-rock_Alcova-WY.html
Thousands who traveled the Oregon Trail in central Wyoming were unaware that they were the beneficiaries of a long series of geological events. The granite peaks around you are mountains that rose, sank and then were buried in sand and ashy sedime…
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