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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24VX_the-sundance-kid_Sundance-WY.html
Harry A. Longabaugh served time in our
local jail and did take his name from
Sundance, WY. Commissioned by the Sundance
Area Chamber of Commerce
this statue was created by
South Dakota native
Edward E. Hlavka
The full story and other…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM24TO_what-are-those-big-concrete-pyramids-down-by-the-river_Devils-Tower-WY.html
Ever wonder what those big concrete pyramids down by the river are? Why are they there? How long have they been there?
Before the Keyhole Dam was built in 1952, the old bridge (built in 1928) across the Belle Fourche River was frequently in dan…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM214V_thomas-a-edison_Saratoga-WY.html
Camped near this spot in 1878,
while on a fishing trip.
It was here that his attention
was directed to the fiber
from his bamboo fishing pole
which he tested as a suitable
filament for his incandescent
electric lamp.
Born February 11, 1847…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20XR_storer-saratoga-lake-wetland_Saratoga-WY.html
The wetland complex you see before you is a cooperative venture proposed and designed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, engineered by the Soil Conservation Service and funded by Peter Storer and the Storer Foundation through the Ducks Unlim…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z79_the-gros-ventre-slide_Kelly-WY.html
Before you lie the remnants of one of the largest earth movements in the world.
On June 23, 1925, earth, rock and debris moved rapidly from an altitude of 9000 feet, across the valley bottom and up the slope of the red bluffs behind you. The ac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1Z77_afton-wyoming_Afton-WY.html
World's largest elkhorn arch
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YOH_buffalo-bill-dam_Cody-WY.html
Welcome to the
Buffalo Bill
Dam
& Visitor Center
Cody, Wyoming
Tallest Dam in the World in 1910
Built 1905 - 1910
Modified 1985 - 1993
National Register of Historic Places 1973
Civil Engineering Landmark 1973
Free Admision
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YOG_buffalo-bill-reservoir_Cody-WY.html
Buffalo Bill Reservoir
The Shoshone Project Story
The development by the U.S. Reclamation Service of the great irrigation project in the lower Shoshone valley required sacrifice of their land by the settlers living in the upper part of the valle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YOF_upstream-cableway-winch_Cody-WY.html
Upstream Cableway Winch
This cableway winch, which was used to install and remove the ball plugs, trash racks, and the bulkhead gate for the left abutment outlet works, dates to the construction of the Shoshone Powerplant in 1922. It was oriigina…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1YOE_balanced-plunger-hydraulic-valve_Cody-WY.html
Balanced Plunger Hydraulic Valve
This 48-inch diameter valve is one of two which were originally installed at the base of the Buffalo Bill Dam in 1922 to supply water to the Shoshone Powerplant and low level river outlet works. The two valves wer…