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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUMS_petrified-trees_Beulah-WY.html
Giant cypress trees growing today in swamps (or forested wetlands), such as these found in Louisiana's Pointe Lake, used to grow in Wyoming back when it was a warm, subtropical swamp - about 55 million years ago during the Late Paleocene epoch. So…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUMQ_the-vore-buffalo-jump_Beulah-WY.html
Located a short distance to the east and camouflaged by the red eroded landscape is the Vore Buffalo Jump. This sinkhole served early residents as a slaughterhouse. using the natural pit as a trap, hunters would capture bison in late fall by runni…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUMP_bird-of-the-black-hills_Beulah-WY.html
The Red Valley surrounding you belongs to the transition zone between the flat, treeless Great Plains and the pine-forested Black Hills. Artesian springs and creeks draining from the hills and mountains create draws that provide water, shade, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUMO_rich-colors-rich-lands_Beulah-WY.html
The first Caucasian residents of this area came as prospectors following the Black Hills Gold Rush. In 1876 the glitter of gold led them from the large mining camps of Lead and Deadwood westward to Sand Creek, located near this site. Instead of mo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUIQ_fumaroles_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Letting off SteamListen intently for the hiss of steam escaping the mountain. Fumaroles are sometimes barely audible, but sometimes roar as steam rushes upward through narrow vents. during the 1800s, Roaring Mountain was, at times, heard four mile…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUIP_roaring-mountain_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Living LandscapeAmid Roaring Mountain's steam and sulfur-rich gases, microscopic organisms are hard at work. This barren slope, inhospitable to humans, is the perfect home for Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Billions upon billions of these thermophiles…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUIO_the-custer-trail_Beulah-WY.html
Lieutenant Colonel George A. Custer's Black Hills Expedition crossed northeastern Wyoming from July 17-25, 1874, camping within three miles of this location. forged by 1000 men (cavalry, infantry, teamsters, scientists, miners, newspaper reporters…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUII_biscuit-basin_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
This thermal basin is particularly volatile, unpredictable. On August 17, 1959, an earthquake recorded at 7.5 on the Richter scale had its epicenter just a few miles to the northwest.Four days later, Sapphire Pool began to erupt violently, blowing…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUIH_earthquakes-offspring_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Red SpouterAs you stand here, imagine traveling back in time to August 17, 1959. You would find yourself on a grassy knoll. Red Spouter did not exist!
Shortly before midnight, a major earthquake rocked Hebgen Lake, Montana, approximately 25 mil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMUI7_fountain-paint-pot_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Making Mud
This vat of bubbling mud contains the perfect mix of ingredients to create mudpots: heat, gases, rock, minerals, acid, and even living microorganisms!
Heat-loving "thermophiles" consume some of the gases and help convert them into…