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, marks the crossing of the old pioneer trail
Waymark Code: WMK2VD
Location: Wyoming, United States
Date Posted: 02/04/2014
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This 1926 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.
Although an Oregon Trail medallion is affixed to this monument, it is dedicated to all the pioneers on the three major emigrant trails (The Oregon Trail, the California Trail, and the Mormon Pioneer Trail) that passed through Fort Laramie on the way west.
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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"