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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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Wyoming Historical MarkersSimpson's Hollow

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Here on Oct. 6 1857 U.S. Army Supply wagons led by a capt. Simpson were burned by a Major Lot Smith and 43 Utah Militia Men.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member JacobBarlow

location: Wyoming

date approved: 08/07/2007

last visited: 06/13/2022

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Wyoming Historical MarkersLittle Sandy Crossing

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On Monday evening, June 28, 1847, Brigham Young and the Mormon Pioneers met James Bridger and Party near this place.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member JacobBarlow

location: Wyoming

date approved: 08/07/2007

last visited: 06/20/2018

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Wyoming Historical MarkersBuffalo, Wyoming

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Historical marker on the grounds of the Johnson County courthouse in Buffalo, Wyoming.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: Wyoming

date approved: 08/05/2007

last visited: 06/19/2013

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Wyoming Historical MarkersPowder River Country

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Historical marker located in Buffalo, across street from courthouse.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: Wyoming

date approved: 08/05/2007

last visited: 06/19/2013

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Wyoming Historical MarkersPowder River

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Marker located in rest area about the Powder River area of Wyoming.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS

location: Wyoming

date approved: 08/05/2007

last visited: 06/14/2015

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Wyoming Historical MarkersIndependence Rock - Wyoming

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This location was famous along the Oregon trail as a place to inscribe your name as you passed by. Many emmigrants left home in the spring, hoping to make it to Independence Rock by July 4th, when people on the trail would gather for a party.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Hikenutty

location: Wyoming

date approved: 07/20/2007

last visited: 09/07/2019

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Wyoming Historical MarkersSouthwest Corner of Wyoming

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This marker is near the historic survey marker, placed to identify the corner of the state back in 1873.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Hikenutty

location: Wyoming

date approved: 07/18/2007

last visited: 04/24/2012

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Wyoming Historical MarkersOverland Stage Route - Point of Rocks, Wyoming

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The Overland Stage Route moved south to this area when the northern route was regularly attacked by Native Americans.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Hikenutty

location: Wyoming

date approved: 07/10/2007

last visited: 07/03/2017

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Wyoming Historical MarkersPioneer Monument, Kemmerer, Wyoming

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The historical monument, erected by the town of Kemmerer, Wyoming in 1931, is dedicated to "all Pioneers who passed this way to win and hold the West."

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Rose Red

location: Wyoming

date approved: 07/07/2007

last visited: 07/23/2012

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Wyoming Historical MarkersMormon Pioneer Monument

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A monument marking the passage of the first Mormon Pioneers.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member NevaP

location: Wyoming

date approved: 06/08/2007

last visited: 01/04/2014

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Wyoming Historical MarkersFort Fred Steele

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This marker gives a summary of the history of one of the forts built to protect the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad.

posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member NevaP

location: Wyoming

date approved: 06/07/2007

last visited: 07/06/2017

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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: 06/07/2007

last visited: 04/15/2023

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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: 06/07/2007

last visited: 03/22/2022

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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: 06/07/2007

last visited: 08/08/2015

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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: 06/07/2007

last visited: 09/29/2016

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Wyoming Historical MarkersA PAUSE ON A JOURNEY

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A marker located west of the Pine Creek Bridge in Pinedale, on the North side of the highway.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member JacobBarlow

location: Wyoming

date approved: 04/23/2007

last visited: 09/24/2010

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Wyoming Historical Markers1936 GREEN RIVER RENDEZVOUS

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The Rendezvous had a broad meaning with the early trappers; not only was it a place to which they carried their furs and exchanged them for all sorts of commodities, such as clothing, saddles, bridles, tobacco, whiskey....

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member JacobBarlow

location: Wyoming

date approved: 04/12/2007

last visited: 06/17/2018

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Wyoming Historical MarkersOF CATTLE AND MEN (Replaced)

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The marker was erected in June 1960 at the expense of the Sublette County Historical Society. The text was written by Jim Harrower.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member JacobBarlow

location: Wyoming

date approved: 04/12/2007

last visited: 06/17/2018

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Wyoming Historical MarkersTHE PRAIRIE OF THE MASS

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A marker about two miles south of Daniel on Highway 189 reads:

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member JacobBarlow

location: Wyoming

date approved: 03/25/2007

last visited: 06/17/2018

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Wyoming Historical MarkersSeeds-Kee-Dee-Agie

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A large marker located on the east side of highway 189, between Labarge and Kemmerer, across from Holden Hill reads:

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member JacobBarlow

location: Wyoming

date approved: 02/27/2007

last visited: 06/17/2018

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Wyoming Historical MarkersALMY

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Nineteenth Century railroads were dependent upon coal for fuel. The vast coal reserves fo southern Wyoming helped determine.....

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member JacobBarlow

location: Wyoming

date approved: 02/27/2007

last visited: 07/24/2012

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Wyoming Historical MarkersJames Bridger - Trapper 1844

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"He little knew that when he cut his name, or had it cut, in this stone, that it would...

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member JacobBarlow

location: Wyoming

date approved: 02/27/2007

last visited: 07/23/2012

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