Oregon Trail in Fort Laramie -- US 26, downtown Fort Laramie WY
N 42° 12.775 W 104° 31.010
13T E 539881 N 4673529
A 1926 official Oregon Trail medallion marker in downtown Fort Laramie, at the Visitor Information Center
Waymark Code: WMK2VA
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2014
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This official Oregon Trail marker has the beautiful medallion designed by James Earl Fraser in a concrete base. It stands along US 26 in the lawn of the Fort Laramie visitor Center downtown.
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The marker reads as follows:
"[OT medallion]
To all Pioneers
who passed this way
To win and hold the West
Trail Crossed
one mile south of this point
Erected by
Ft. Laramie citizens and friends
1932"