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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OWO_crossing-and-cruising_Green-River-WY.html
In the "old days", crossings on the Green River were made using fords (shallow portions of water), ferries and, finally, bridges. A dangerous body water, the Green River was fordable seasonally and only in certain areas. Beginning in 1862, wagons …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OWN_one-day-at-a-time_WY.html
For the hundreds of people heading west, life was one day at a time. The travelers had settled into the monotonous routine of life on the trail - up before dawn, an early breakfast, hitch up the stock, and begin the day's journey. Upon safely …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OWM_seedskadee-national-wildlife-refuge_WY.html
Just as the Green River was important to emigrant as a source of life-giving water and wildlife, it is important to us today a century and half later for the same reasons. Siskadee Agie is a Crow Indian term meaning "River of the Prairie Hen."…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OWL_green-river-no-longer-wild-forever-tamed_Green-River-WY.html
Welcome to Green River, Wyoming - a town named for the river below you. This high-desert community was established in 1868 as the Union Pacific Railroad expanded across Wyoming. Throughout history Native Americans, explorers and trappers have refe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OW0_crossing-the-green-river_WY.html
Crossing rivers was the most dangerous activity emigrants faced on their journey west. By the time weary pioneers enroute (sic) to Oregon, California, or Utah reached the east bank of the Green River, they had been on the trail for several months.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OPC_women-and-the-reliance-mines_Rock-Springs-WY.html
From 1910 to 1955, the mines at Reliance produced coal for the Union Pacific Railroad. To staff these mines, people from a variety of countries were hired. During World War II there were not enough mine workers to extract the coal. People were bro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OPB_tipples-and-the-reliance-coal-mines_Rock-Springs-WY.html
The tipples constructed here were designed to serve all the Reliance coal mines. Union Pacific Coal Company opened their mines in phases. The coal mines were all located east of here with portals located along the sides of the valley. Coal from th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ONW_rock-spring-stage-station-site_Rock-Springs-WY.html
Also the Springs Erected to the memory of Those Brave Pioneers Who passed this way To win and hold The West
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ONV_the-reliance-tipple_Rock-Springs-WY.html
It was in 1910 that coal mine operations began at Reliance. These mines were operated by the coal mining company of the Union Pacific Railroad. Here, where the tipple now stands, the first coal loading facility was constructed in 1912. The stone f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NTV_the-lombard-ferry_WY.html
This site of the Lombard Ferry was one of the most used crossings on the Green River, lasting from about 1843 into the early 1900s. First established by mountain men, it was operated by Mormons in the 1850s during the peak years of the westward em…
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