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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UG3_ten-sleep-memorial-a-war-memorial_Ten-Sleep-WY.html
Dedicated to those men from the Ten Sleep Area who gave their lives in service of their country James Morgareidge · Lyle Williams · Larry Rosetti · Parker Boyle · Ernest LaRose · Marvin Waln &mid…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UG2_bighorn-national-forest-historical_Ten-Sleep-WY.html
You are standing at the bottom of Ten Sleep Canyon near the western edge of the Big Horn Mountains. These steep rocky cliffs were the native territory of the Bighorn sheep. Disease and the activities of humans and livestock have led to their event…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UG1_leigh-creek-monument-historical_Ten-Sleep-WY.html
At the rim above Tensleep Canyon is the Leigh Creek Monument, erected in 1889 in memory of English nobleman Gilbert E. Leigh. Leigh, a lifelong big game hunter and outdoor enthusiast, went missing in the fall of 1884 during a hunting expedition. F…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UG0_tensleep-canyon-historical_Ten-Sleep-WY.html
Ages ago, these mountains were deep within the Earth's crust, and the area that is known today as the Bighorn Mountains was a basic. Beginning about 75 million years ago the land began to slowly rise above the sea bed reaching an elevation of near…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UFM_trail-of-the-whispering-giants-historical_Worland-WY.html
Carved in 1980 out of a Douglas Fir harvested in the Big Horn Mountains, Washakie County, Wyoming. This statue is one of 67 works by Peter Toth that are located throughout the United States and Canada honoring the American Indians; in particular t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UFE_pioneer-square-historical_Worland-WY.html
Dedicated to those who persevered and conquered CITY of WORLAND Charles H. "Dad" Worland in 1900 dug his underground stage stop here on the old Bridger Trail. From Dad's dugout grew the City of Worland drawing pioneer men and women …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UFB_colby-mammoth-kill-site-historical_Worland-WY.html
Extinct species of mammoths, horses, camels, and bison roamed this area 11,000 years ago and were being killed by humans known as the Clovis hunters. South of this spot 400 meters is the location of one of the largest known Clovis mammoth kills in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UFA_spring-creek-raid-historical_Ten-Sleep-WY.html
Cattlemen of the Big Horn Basin dominated the range for many years and set up boundaries or "deadlines" where sheep were forbidden. Fierce animosity grew between the opposing sheep and cattle ranchers as several sheep camps were raided during the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UF9_site-of-south-wagon-historical_Ten-Sleep-WY.html
where Bounce Helmer and Pete Cafferall were captured by masked raiders and their wagons burned on the night of April 2nd 1909.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UEJ_jim-bridger-historic-trail-historical_Worland-WY.html
In 1864 an alternate route to the goldfields of western Montana was needed due to frequent hostile actions along the Bozeman Trail. Though the Civil War raged on, the Nation continued its westward expansion through the efforts of men like Jim Brid…
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