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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UOZ_the-trains-power-newcastle-historical_Newcastle-WY.html
Newcastle Becomes a Center
Development of northeastern Wyoming came quickly on the heels of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, or the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe as it is known today. The Burlington's Grand Island and Northern Wyo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UOY_cambria-powers-the-trains-historical_Newcastle-WY.html
Coal Determines the Route
The 1888 discovery of coal at Cambria, eight miles north of Newcastle, provided the final key to railroad development through the northeast Wyoming Territory. The main line of the railroad stretched west from Newcastle,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UNA_cambria-salt-mine-historical_Newcastle-WY.html
A group of Euro-Americans discovered salt springs in July, 1877 near the future town sites of Newcastle and Cambria. In November of 1878, James LeGraves started mining the salt and shipping it to the Black Hills gold mines. LeGraves erected a furn…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UN8_flying-v-cambria-inn-historical_Newcastle-WY.html
From 1887 through 1928, the Cambria mines near here actively produced coal. Now a ghost town, 1,500 people once called Cambria home. When the Cambria Fuel Company closed the Cambria coal mines, it also constructed a recreation complex, the Cambria…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UN7_salt-creek-overlook-historical_Newcastle-WY.html
The Black Hills, named after the dark green carpets of pines that cover the hills, are a geological wonder. Covering some 125 miles north to south and 65 miles east to west, the Hills rise 3,000 to 4,000 feet above the red valley floor. Below you …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UN6_cambria-historical_Newcastle-WY.html
Located 7 miles north of Newcastle was the coal mining town of Cambria. In 1887, Frank Mondell, a future Congressman, found enough coal in the area to fuel the construction of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad across northeastern Wyoming…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UMX_canyon-springs-station-historical_Newcastle-WY.html
Outlaws haunted the Cheyenne - Deadwood Stage Line during the gold boom in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. By the end of 1877, gold seekers had mined more than ten million dollars worth of gold from the Black Hills, which the stage companies were desp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UMH_custer-expedition-historical_Sundance-WY.html
In July 1874 Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, and more that 1000 soldiers, camped near here while engaged in a military expedition to explore the Black Hills. The expedition's official purpose was to locate a suitable site for an army p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UMG_inyan-kara-methodist-episcopal-church-historical_Sundance-WY.html
Inyan Kara Methodist
Episcopal Church
One of the first
country churches in
Wyoming was built by
Rev. O.B. Chassell,
pastor of Sundance
circuit,
and member of Inyan
Kara Community in 1891.
Site one mile west.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1UM5_crook-county-historical_Sundance-WY.html
Serving as a western gateway to the Black Hills, Crook County, Wyoming is a place of beauty and diversity. The varied terrain includes the state's lowest elevation, 3,125 feet, situated north of the town of Aladdin, while rugged Warren Peak rises …