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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR67_mt-everts-mudslides_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Landslides are epidemic in this valley. In late spring and summer, storm clouds travel through the Gardner River canyon, striking Mt. Everts from brief but intense showers. The dry, layered cliffs have little protective vegetation. Loosened by sei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMR62_boiling-river-trail_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
This stretch of river runs warmer than most mountain streams. A half mile up the trail, underground discharge from Mammoth Hot Springs enters the current and creates a year-round climate for water birds, trout, and aquatic plants. Over the years, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQKO_a-most-fortunate-thing_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Before the Army arrived in Yellowstone, the park's future was in doubt. Vandals destroyed thermal features, squatters sawed down trees and poachers decimated herds of wildlife. Perhaps the Army's greatest contribution to Yellowstone's history was …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQKL_a-sense-of-community_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Fort Yellowstone was truly a community as well as a military outpost. The small village frequently assembled to welcome new residents or bid farewell to departing neighbors. The joys of births, christenings, and marriages mingles with the sorrows …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQK9_at-guard_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Protecting Yellowstone's wildlife and natural wonders was the primary function of the Army. An important part of this duty was managing the growing visitation to the park and watching for "shady characters."
Park roads were once aligned so that…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQK7_a-good-duty-station_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
The lifespan of most Western military posts was measured in months, or several years. Accordingly, their structures were temporary, and many have long since vanished from the landscape. Fort Yellowstone was unusual because of its permanence and th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQK4_the-drill-field_Yellowstone-National-Park-WY.html
Gathering place, site of ceremonies and parades, training ground - the drill field was the focal point of daily life at Fort Yellowstone.Each day began with a bugler sounding Reveille. Gradually, the Fort came to life and another bugle call brough…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOVZ_uinta-county-courthouse_Evanston-WY.html
The National Registerof Historic Places -Wyoming Place No. 105
Uinta CountyCourthouse
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOHY_names-hill_Kemmerer-WY.html
The National Registerof Historic PlacesWyoming Place No. 25
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMOHX_jim-bridger_Kemmerer-WY.html
He little knew that when he cut his name, or had it cut, in this stone, that it would be engraved in the annals of the West deeper than that of any other man. As one of the world's outstanding explorers he guided emigrants, railroads and army in t…