Mountain View Centennial 1998 - Town Hall - Mountain View, Wyoming
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz
N 41° 16.379 W 110° 20.164
12T E 555606 N 4569274
The Mountain View Centennial Monument is located in front of the Mountain View Town Hall at 405 N Highway 414 in Mountain View, Wyoming.
Waymark Code: WMFCB4
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 09/27/2012
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Math Teacher
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This monument was constructed to celebrate the Centennial of the original platting of the town of Mountain View in 1898. The Centennial Plaque reads (note the misspelling of "Mountain"):

THE TOWN OF
MOUTAIN VIEW, WYOMING

CENTENNIAL
MEMORIAL
1898-1998

HISTORY
THE TOWN OF MOUNTAIN VIEW
FIRST PLATTED BY
W. H. HARVEY ON
30 MARCH 1898
ON 18 SEPTEMBER 1973 THE
TOWN WAS OFFICIALLY
INCORPORATED. THE TOWN'S
CENTENNIAL BIRTHDAY WAS
CELEBRATED ON 7 NOVEMBER
1998. THIS MONUMENT WAS
BUILT TO COMMEMORATE THE
TOWN'S FIRST 100 YEARS.

The monument also contains a Time Capsule to be opened on the sesquicentennial of the original platting in 2048. The Time Capsule Plaque reads:

TOWN OF MOUNTAIN VIEW

TIME CAPSULE

BUILT TO CELEBRATE THE
TOWN'S CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION. TO BE
OPENED IN 2048.

ROGER KESTERSON, MAYOR

COUNCILMEMBERS
NORMAN BATES
JIM HISSONG
JIM MAXFIELD
RANDY MAIR
KATHY WASHBURN
BLAIN WILLIAMS

Subject: Town

Commemoration: Centennial of Original Platting

Date of Founding: March 30, 1898

Date of Commemoration: November 7, 1998

Address:
Mountain View Town Hall 405 N Highway 414 Mountain View, Wyoming 82939

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