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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQN_gateway-to-the-rockies_Laramie-WY.html
Tall trees, short trees, shrubs, grasses and flowering plants — mountains, canyons, river bottoms, and prairies — all intermingle to form the landscape. The greater the variety of landforms and vegetation, the more homes or habitats th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQM_telephone-canyon_Laramie-WY.html
The first in the west through which a telephone line was run. The first conversation over this line was held in 1882 between Bill Nye at Laramie and Hon. E. E. Warren at Cheyenne.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQJ_henry-bourne-joy-and-the-lincoln-highway_Laramie-WY.html
This monument commemorates the Lincoln Highway, America's first transcontinental automobile road, and Henry Bourne Joy, the first president of the Lincoln Highway Association (1913). Joy, also president of the Packard Motor Car Company, is sometim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQI_abraham-lincoln_Laramie-WY.html
1809 - 1865This monument commemorates thesesquicentennial of Lincoln's birthby the State of Wyoming in 1959Charles W. Jeffrey, M.D., Rawlins - Wyo. DonorRobert I. Russin, Sculptor
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQH_the-purple-heart-trail_Laramie-WY.html
The Purple Heart Medal was originated by General George Washington on August 7, 1782 for distinguished valor and is now awarded only to members of the armed forces of the United States, who have been wounded in combat against an armed enemy.Recipi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQG_wagonhound-rest-area_Elk-Mountain-WY.html
The area near the Wagonhound Rest Area has played an important role in western transportation since the earliest days of human activity in the Rock Mountain west. The area has provided Wyoming's earliest inhabitants, explorers, westbound settlers,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQF_wagonhound-tipi-rings_Elk-Mountain-WY.html
The stone circles of "Tipi Rings" as this site mark the location of a prehistoric Native American campsite. The stones were probably used to anchor the skins of conical tents known by the Sioux word "Tipi". the stones were placed around the base o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQE_wyoming-winds_Elk-Mountain-WY.html
This site lies at the northern-most extent of the Snowy Range Mountains, a spot where the high mountain peaks end and the winds begin. Winds here may exceed 70 miles per hour at times, blowing winter snows, leaving ridges and slopes bare, and expo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQD_landscapes-of-power_Rock-Springs-WY.html
About three million years ago, a volcano dominated the landscape east of U.S. 191. The powerful forces of wind and water eroded softer rocks surrounding the volcano's more resistant core, resulting in the tooth-shaped butte on the eastern horizon.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVQC_little-sandy-crossing_Farson-WY.html
On Monday evening, June 28, 1847, Brigham Young and the Mormon pioneers met James Bridger and party near this place. Both companies encamped here over night and conferred at length regarding the route and the possibility of establishing and sustai…