Wyoming - Golden Anniversary 1940 - Wyoming, USA
N 42° 12.819 W 111° 02.836
12T E 496098 N 4673499
An historical marker along Highway 30, at the border of Idaho and Wyoming, commemorating the 50 years of Wyoming statehood.
Waymark Code: WMDTM2
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2012
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This Golden Anniversary Monument located on the North side of U.S. Highway 30 just off U.S. Highway 89. It is near Border, Wyoming, about 12 miles north of Cokeville, Wyoming.
This monument was built in 1940 to commemorate fifty years of statehood for both Wyoming and Idaho. In March 1940, Idaho Governor Bottolfsen suggested a joint Golden Anniversary celebration at the border between Wyoming and Idaho. Wyoming Governor Nels H. Smith conferred with the Historical Landmark Commission, and plans were made to jointly erect a monument.
The Wyoming plaque on the monument itself reads:
WYOMING
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY 1940
ADMITTED TO STATEHOOD
JULY 10, 1890
DEDICATED BY THE
HISTORICAL LANDMARK COMMISSION
OF WYOMING JULY 3, 1940
Marker Name: Wyoming - Golden Anniversary 1940
Marker Type: Rural Roadside
Group Responsible for Placement: Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming
Date Dedicated: 7/3/1940
Web link(s) for additional information: [Web Link]
Addtional Information: Not listed
Marker Number: Not listed
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