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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NPT_steamboat-geyser_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
When Steamboat Geyser erupts, it can rocket a column of scalding water 90-120 meters into the air - two to three times the average height of Old Faithful. Steam roars for twenty-four hours after. Odds are against your witnessing this drama, howeve…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NPH_towers-in-the-air_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Tower Fall is the story of two rocks: easily eroded rocks and rocks that are resistant to erosion. Rock at the brink and underlying the waterfall is a hard volcanic rock. Erosion at the base of the fall causes the upstream migration of the fall.Lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NPF_soda-butte_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
This travertine (calcium carbonate) mound was formed more than a century ago by a hot spring. Only small amounts of hydrothermal water and hydrogen sulfide gas currently flow from this once more prolific spring. This formation is very fragile. It …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NL1_chittenden-memorial-bridge_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
General Hiram Martin ChittendenCorps of Engineers United States Army1858 - 1917
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N6V_absaroka-volcanic-field_Cody-WY.html
Stretching across 9,000 square miles, the Absaroka Volcanic Field forms one of the largest volcanic fields in the continental United States. Between thirty-five to fifty-five million years ago volcanoes in the Yellowstone region erupted, depositin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N6P_arland_Meeteetse-WY.html
A few miles up Meeteetse Creek from here, stood one of the toughest settlements of Wyoming's frontier history. The town was founded in the spring of 1884 by Victor Arland, a French businessman, and John Corbett, a buffalo hunter. From 188…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N6N_lee-street-cody-city_Cody-WY.html
The rocky ridge you are now crossing marks the southern edge of Lee Street, one of the original roads of Cody City. Wagon ruts, phone wires and rock cairn lot markers have been found along its path.In memory of Jerry Houseland Mary Elaine Houselby…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N6I_trail-to-old-cody-city_Cody-WY.html
Here on the prairie there are still visible remnants of several old wagon trails dating back to Cody City in the late 1800's. The first buildings of Cody City were constructed on the nearby plain to the west, although the town was supposed to be b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N6F_shoshone-river-siphon_Cody-WY.html
The Heart Mountain Division of the Shoshone Project receives irrigation water directly from Buffalo Bill Reservoir via the Shoshone Canyon Conduit, a three-mile-long tunnel drilled through Cedar Mountain located to the left. From the conduit, the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N68_the-panoramic-view_Cody-WY.html
Look to your left and you will see the canyon cut by the Shoshone River. The mountain to the left of the canyon is Cedar Mountain. To the right of Shoshone Canyon you can see Rattlesnake Mountain. The red butte (to the right of Rattlesnake Mt.) is…