view gallery |  Wyoming's Wildlife - Cheyenne WY
in Wyoming Historical Markers Marker is located at the Wyoming Travel and Tourism Center I-25, Exit 4 - Cheyenne WY posted by: Don.Morfe location: Wyoming date approved: 09/17/2023 last visited: 09/17/2023 |
view gallery |  Union Pacific Railroad - Piedmont, Wyoming
in Wyoming Historical Markers The town of Piedmont sits along the original grade of the transcontinental railroad and played an interesting part in delaying the Golden Spike ceremony on Promontory Point. posted by: Tom.dog location: Wyoming date approved: 09/03/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Piedmont Kilns - Piedmont, Wyoming
in Wyoming Historical Markers A sign describing the history of the Piedmont charcoal kilns, which are some of the best-preserved kilns still standing in the region. posted by: Tom.dog location: Wyoming date approved: 09/03/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Town of Piedmont - Piedmont, Wyoming
in Wyoming Historical Markers A sign that tells of the settling and later decline of the railroad ghost town of Piedmont. posted by: Tom.dog location: Wyoming date approved: 09/03/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Charcoal Making - Piedmont, Wyoming
in Wyoming Historical Markers This sign describes the process of making charcoal, which was done in the nearby kilns between 1869 and the early 1900s. posted by: Tom.dog location: Wyoming date approved: 09/03/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Bozeman Trail - Campbell County, Wyoming
in Wyoming Historical Markers A marker from 1914 that indicates where the historic Bozeman Trail would have crossed the modern State Highway 387. posted by: Tom.dog location: Wyoming date approved: 08/27/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  The Bozeman Trail - Campbell County, Wyoming
in Wyoming Historical Markers A historical marker on the side of State Highway 387 where the Bozeman Trail once crossed. posted by: Tom.dog location: Wyoming date approved: 08/27/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Black and Yellow Trail - Campbell County, Wyoming
in Wyoming Historical Markers This sign can be found at a pull-off along State Highway 50 and commemorates the Black and Yellow Trail, which was the first named highway to cross the Powder River Basin along with other portions of northern Wyoming. posted by: Tom.dog location: Wyoming date approved: 08/27/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Scandal!: Tempest at the Teapot - Teapot Dome, Wyoming
in Wyoming Historical Markers One of two historical markers at a pull-off along State Highway 259 that present history about the Salt Creek Oilfield, which was the site of a major U.S. oil scandal. posted by: Tom.dog location: Wyoming date approved: 08/27/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Salt Creek: Producing Oil for over a Century - Teapot Dome, Wyoming
in Wyoming Historical Markers One of two historical markers at a pull-off along State Highway 259 that present history about the Salt Creek Oilfield, which was the site of Wyoming's first oil boom. posted by: Tom.dog location: Wyoming date approved: 08/27/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Site of Fort McGraw - Lander, Wyoming
in Wyoming Historical Markers This stone and concrete monument, erected by the Boy Scouts of America, marks the historic site of Fort Magraw (aka Fort Thompson) outside of Lander, Wyoming. posted by: Tom.dog location: Wyoming date approved: 08/26/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Site of Fort Thompson or Camp Magraw - Lander, Wyoming
in Wyoming Historical Markers This marker, located on the northwest side of State Highway 789, describes the history of the U.S. settlement of the Lander region. posted by: Tom.dog location: Wyoming date approved: 08/26/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Miners Delight: The Boom's Broken Promises - Atlantic City, Wyoming
in Wyoming Historical Markers This historical marker has been set up at the junction of Dickinson Avenue and Fort Stambaugh Road; the well-preserved ghost town of Miners Delight that the marker describes can be explored if one travels eastward down Fort Stambaugh Road. posted by: Tom.dog location: Wyoming date approved: 08/26/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Byron Sessions Marker - Byron, Wyoming
in Wyoming Historical Markers Along the walking path is an interpretive sign with the Byron Sessions story as well as a plaque and memorial to the Byron war veterans. posted by: pmaupin location: Wyoming date approved: 07/23/2023 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Buried Tower - Devils Tower, WY
in Wyoming Historical Markers A National Park Service/U.S. Department of the Interior interpretive sign stands along the Tower Trail, noting the ongoing formation of Devils Tower through the erosion of sedimentary rock. See the tower before it changes! posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Wyoming date approved: 07/09/2021 last visited: 08/14/2023 |
view gallery |  How Did the Tower Form? - Devils Tower, WY
in Wyoming Historical Markers A National Park Service/U.S. Department of the Interior interpretive sign stands along the Tower Trail, providing three explanations as to how Devils Tower was formed. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Wyoming date approved: 09/25/2020 last visited: 04/09/2022 |
view gallery |  Aladdin Tipple - The Hoist House - Aladdin, WY
in Wyoming Historical Markers A sign in front of the tipple at the Aladdin Tipple Historical Interpretive Park, Aladdin, WY, provides some background about how coal was pulled out of the mine here, first using "beasts of burden", and later, modern technology. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Wyoming date approved: 07/18/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Aladdin Tipple - Bioremediation - Aladdin, WY
in Wyoming Historical Markers A sign in front of the tipple at the Aladdin Tipple Historical Interpretive Park, Aladdin, WY, provides some background on the work that Mother Nature is doing to clean up after the miners packed up their tools and abandoned the mine. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Wyoming date approved: 07/18/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Aladdin Tipple - Adit Entrance - Aladdin, WY
in Wyoming Historical Markers A sign in front of the tipple at the Aladdin Tipple Historical Interpretive Park, Aladdin, WY, provides some background on the adit entrance you see in front of you, along with some information about the now-sealed mine. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Wyoming date approved: 07/18/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Aladdin Tipple - Tipple Stabilazation - Aladdin, WY
in Wyoming Historical Markers A sign in front of the tipple at the Aladdin Tipple Historical Interpretive Park, Aladdin, WY, provides some background on how the tipple was stabilized previously. It looks like it's time for another treatment. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Wyoming date approved: 07/18/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Aladdin Tipple - Aladdin Tipple History - Aladdin, WY
in Wyoming Historical Markers A sign in front of the tipple at the Aladdin Tipple Historical Interpretive Park, Aladdin, WY, provides some background on the railroad that operated in the area when this and other local mines were still open. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Wyoming date approved: 07/18/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Aladdin Tipple - Tipple Operation - Aladdin, WY
in Wyoming Historical Markers A sign in front of the tipple at the Aladdin Tipple Historical Interpretive Park, Aladdin, WY, provides some background on how this thing worked. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Wyoming date approved: 07/18/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Aladdin Tipple - Coal Production/The Coal Miner - Aladdin, WY
in Wyoming Historical Markers A sign in front of the tipple at the Aladdin Tipple Historical Interpretive Park, Aladdin, WY, provides some background on both the mine and the miners who once worked here. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Wyoming date approved: 07/18/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Aladdin Tipple - Later Years of Operation - Aladdin, WY
in Wyoming Historical Markers A sign at the Aladdin Tipple stands in front of the old truck scale at the front of the Aladdin Tipple Historical Interpretive Park, Aladdin, WY. It provides some background for the mining operations in the area, of which this is the lone survivor. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Wyoming date approved: 07/18/2020 last visited: never |
view gallery |  Cottonwoods: Homes Along the Prairie River - Orin, WY
in Wyoming Historical Markers A Wyoming's Wildlife marker stands off to the side of the road that loops around the Orin Junction Rest Area in Orin, WY. It provides some information about the cottonwood trees nearby, and the life that they support. posted by: QuarrellaDeVil location: Wyoming date approved: 06/20/2020 last visited: 08/05/2023 |
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