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Wyoming Historical Markers
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Roadside historic markers are our windows to the past. They educate us, they make us curious to investigate, or they provide a nice excuse to take a break and stretch our legs while we read what happened here. This category is for those markers found in the state of Wyoming.
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Image for Deadwood Trail Marker, near Chugwater, WYview gallery

NN41.2 km

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Wyoming Historical MarkersDeadwood Trail Marker, near Chugwater, WY

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This marks a stage station on the route between Cheyenne and Fort Laramie, and the route north to Montana and Dakota Territory

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member ronjean

location: Wyoming

date approved: 7/28/2011

last visited: 12/15/2014

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WW44.4 km

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Wyoming Historical MarkersSherman Mountains

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This marker tells about the geology of the nearby mountains.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member NevaP

location: Wyoming

date approved: 6/7/2007

last visited: 9/29/2016

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Wyoming Historical MarkersTree Rock

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This marker stands by a tree that has fascinated travelers for the past 140 years.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member NevaP

location: Wyoming

date approved: 6/7/2007

last visited: 9/29/2016

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WW44.4 km

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Wyoming Historical MarkersLonetree on the Laramie Range

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In median of I-80 near Buford.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Markerman62

location: Wyoming

date approved: 1/28/2015

last visited: 11/11/2017

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WW48.8 km

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Wyoming Historical MarkersAmes Monument Historical Plaque

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This attractive plaque stands by the massive Ames monument.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member NevaP

location: Wyoming

date approved: 6/7/2007

last visited: 8/8/2015

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WW52.1 km

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Wyoming Historical MarkersThe Overland Stage Line

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This Wyoming Historical Marker is located on the east side of US Highway 287 where it crosses the Colorado/Wyoming border.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 3/22/2013

last visited: 9/4/2018

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WW53.1 km

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Wyoming Historical MarkersRanching from the High Point - Laramie, WY

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This is one of a few markers at the I-80 rest area.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: Wyoming

date approved: 8/27/2014

last visited: 7/7/2017

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WW53.1 km

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Wyoming Historical MarkersGateway to the Rockies - Laramie, WY

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This is one of a few markers at the I-80 rest area.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: Wyoming

date approved: 8/27/2014

last visited: 7/6/2017

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WW53.1 km

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Wyoming Historical MarkersTelephone Canyon - Laramie, WY

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This is one of a few markers at the I-80 rest area.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: Wyoming

date approved: 8/27/2014

last visited: 11/11/2017

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WW53.1 km

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Wyoming Historical MarkersThe Purple Heart Trail - Laramie, WY

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A plaque about the Purple Heart Trail at it's highest point in the United States.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote

location: Wyoming

date approved: 3/24/2016

last visited: 5/15/2018

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WW53.1 km

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Wyoming Historical MarkersHenry Bourne Joy and the Lincoln Highway - Laramie, WY

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This marker honors the first president of the Lincoln Highway Association.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member NevaP

location: Wyoming

date approved: 6/7/2007

last visited: 3/22/2022

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Wyoming Historical MarkersWyoming'a Wildlife-Enjoy Wyoming's Wildlands

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Located in the rest area near Pine Bluffs along I-80.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Markerman62

location: Wyoming

date approved: 10/12/2015

last visited: 8/30/2019

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WW66.9 km

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Wyoming Historical MarkersFort Sanders - Laramie, WY

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Ft. Sanders protected travelers along the emigrant trails from 1866 to 1882 as well as crews for the construction of the Union Pacific Railroad.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member IJAdventures

location: Wyoming

date approved: 1/24/2014

last visited: 5/6/2021

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WW68.1 km

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Wyoming Historical MarkersLaramie -- Laramie WY

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This Wyoming historical marker at the former Union Pacific Depot explains how the city of Laramie earned its name

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 2/21/2018

last visited: 6/27/2009

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Wyoming Historical MarkersChugwater

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A small, granite marker stands along the main route through Chugwater, WY, providing a small sound byte of information about its time as a stagecoach stop.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil

location: Wyoming

date approved: 9/27/2015

last visited: 9/29/2021

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Wyoming Historical MarkersChugwater Rock Outcroppings - Chugwater, WY

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A Wyoming's Wildlife marker at the rest area on the east side of I 25, within a minute's drive from Chugwater, provides some background about the wildlife you'll see in the area.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member QuarrellaDeVil

location: Wyoming

date approved: 5/26/2020

last visited: never

Image for Oregon Trail Enters Wyoming - -US 26 at WY/NE border, nr Torrington WYview gallery

NENE115.9 km

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Wyoming Historical MarkersOregon Trail Enters Wyoming - -US 26 at WY/NE border, nr Torrington WY

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A short granite historic marker at the spot where the Oregon Trail entered Wyoming from Nebraska

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 2/5/2014

last visited: 8/7/2013

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NN121.2 km

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Wyoming Historical MarkersTranscontinental Telegraph (1/2) -- Fort Laramie NHS, nr Ft Laramie WY

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The first of two historic plaques on an obelisk about the Transcontinental Telegraph between the cavalry Barracks and the Post Store at Fort Laramie National Historic Site

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 2/3/2014

last visited: 9/18/2014

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Wyoming Historical MarkersFort Laramie and The Transcontinental Telegraph (2/2) -- Fort Laramie NHS

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The second of two historic plaques on an obelisk about the Transcontinental Telegraph between the cavalry Barracks and the Post Store at Fort Laramie National Historic Site

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 2/3/2014

last visited: 9/18/2014

Image for Fort Laramie A Military Post on the Oregon Trail -- Fort Laramie National Historic Site, WYview gallery

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Wyoming Historical MarkersFort Laramie A Military Post on the Oregon Trail -- Fort Laramie National Historic Site, WY

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A tall concrete obelisk erected at Fort Laramie in 1913 to preserve the history of a place that at the time was being demolished through neglect

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 4/6/2018

last visited: 8/7/2013

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Wyoming Historical MarkersThe Pony Express -- Fort Laramie National Historic Site, WY

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One of several historical markers on an obelisk at Fort Laramie National Historic Site, this marker is about the Pony Express which passed through Fort Laramie from 1860-61.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 4/6/2018

last visited: 8/7/2013

Image for 120 Celebrated Pony Express Riders -- Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fort Laramie WYview gallery

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Wyoming Historical Markers120 Celebrated Pony Express Riders -- Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fort Laramie WY

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Second of 2 historical markers about the pony express at an old PX stop at Fort Laramie, at the time a government military fort on the Oregon Trail.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 4/6/2018

last visited: 8/7/2013

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Wyoming Historical MarkersCommissary Storehouse -- Fort Laramie National Historic Site, WY

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The historical marker in front of the old Fort Laramie commissary storehouse

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 4/6/2018

last visited: 8/7/2013

Image for A Father's Grief - A Soldier's Honor -- Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fort Laramie WYview gallery

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Wyoming Historical MarkersA Father's Grief - A Soldier's Honor -- Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fort Laramie WY

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A historical marker at the parking area at Fort Laramie tells the tale of Mni Akuwan (Brings Water Home Woman), daughter of Lakota Chief Sinte Gleska (Spotted Tail) who is buried at Fort Laramie

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 4/5/2018

last visited: 8/7/2013

Image for Crossroads of a Nation Moving West -- Fort Laramie National Historic Site, WYview gallery

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Wyoming Historical MarkersCrossroads of a Nation Moving West -- Fort Laramie National Historic Site, WY

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One of two historical markers at the parking area at the Fort Laramie National Historic Site, this marker gives a general overview of the history here

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Benchmark Blasterz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 4/6/2018

last visited: 8/7/2013

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