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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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Wyoming Historical MarkersHenry Bourne Joy and the Lincoln Highway

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This marker has the same title but different wording as another marker at the Interstate 80 (Lincoln Highway) summit southeast of Laramie.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 09/22/2012

last visited: 09/03/2018

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Wyoming Historical MarkersWind and Water in the Great Divide Basin

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This marker, along with another, is located on a hilltop a short distance southwest of the Interstate Highway 80 Exit 184 interchange.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 09/22/2012

last visited: 05/05/2021

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Wyoming Historical MarkersWyoming State Penitentiary - Rawlins, Wyoming

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A prison, now open as a museum with tours, has this marker located immediately outside.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member gparkes

location: Wyoming

date approved: 06/22/2009

last visited: 09/29/2016

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Wyoming Historical MarkersThe Parco Inn

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This Wyoming Historical Marker is located at the east end of the strip park in front of the Parco Inn at the south edge of downtown Sinclair, Wyoming.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 09/22/2012

last visited: never

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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 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 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 MarkersThe Reliance Tipple - Reliance WY

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This informational sign tells the history of the operation of this coal tipple. It resides on the west side of the coal tipple, within the fenced-in area.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Where's George

location: Wyoming

date approved: 05/02/2014

last visited: never

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Wyoming Historical MarkersMiners Delight: The Boom's Broken Promises - Atlantic City, Wyoming

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member Tom.dog

location: Wyoming

date approved: 08/26/2023

last visited: never

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Wyoming Historical Markers"Parting of the Ways," Wyoming

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I traveled The Oregon Trail with an Elderhostel group from Kansas City/Independence, Missouri to Oregon City, Oregon June 13-28, 2007. We stopped at "Parting of the Ways" on our way to Farson, Wyoming on Thursday, June 21.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Rose Red

location: Wyoming

date approved: 12/23/2007

last visited: 10/10/2022

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Wyoming Historical MarkersSite of Fort Thompson or Camp Magraw - Lander, Wyoming

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member Tom.dog

location: Wyoming

date approved: 08/26/2023

last visited: never

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Wyoming Historical MarkersSite of Fort McGraw - Lander, Wyoming

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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: Groundspeak Premium Member Tom.dog

location: Wyoming

date approved: 08/26/2023

last visited: never

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Wyoming Historical MarkersThe Oregon Trail (1841)

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This Historical Marker is located on the southeast side of Wyoming Highway 220 at Bessemer Bend South Road in Bessemer Bend, Wyoming.

posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member brwhiz

location: Wyoming

date approved: 03/22/2013

last visited: never

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Wyoming Historical MarkersHell's Half Acre

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Marker at Hell's Half Acre.

posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Biker Ozzy

location: Wyoming

date approved: 07/11/2010

last visited: 09/08/2023

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