The Overland Stage Line
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brwhiz
N 40° 59.874 W 105° 24.735
13T E 465328 N 4538605
This Wyoming Historical Marker for the Overland State Route is located on the east side of US Highway 287 where it crosses the Colorado/Wyoming border.
Waymark Code: WMFGQM
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 10/18/2012
Views: 10
The Overland State Route, which follows the Cherokee Trail for much of its path, crossed the Wyoming/Colorado border at this point.
Road of Trail Name: The Overland Stage Line
State: Wyoming
County: Albany
Historical Significance:
The Overland Stage Line vastly improved travel and communications through this portion of the West.
Years in use: 18
How you discovered it:
I was waymarking through Wyoming into Colorado when I spotted this monolith at the Colorado/Wyoming border.
Why?:
This was a Stagecoach route that supplanted earlier forms of slower travel through this area.
Directions:
This monolith is on the east side of US Highway 287 at the Colorado/Wyoming border between Laramie, Wyoming and Fort Collins, Colorado.
Book on Wagon Road or Trial: Not listed
Website Explination: Not listed
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Visit Instructions:
To post a log for this Waymark the poster must have a picture of either themselves, GPSr, or mascot. People in the picture with information about the waymark are preferred. If the waymarker can not be in the picture a picture of their GPSr or mascot will qualify. There are no exceptions to this rule.