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Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: August 23, 2014
Caption: Homesteaders Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (center left) Trading Post In the mid-1850s, a small trading post just west of the cliffs provided supplies to emigrants traveling west. Later, a pony express station, known as Sand Point or Star Ranch Station, was based here.; (bottom left) Cold Storage A root cellar for storage of produce was essential before the days of supermarkets. The Frederick family blasted an opening into the cliff face for storing potatoes and other vegetables. The constant temperatures kept produce cool in the summer and protected it from freezing in the winter.; (bottom right) A Gift to the State Henry Frederick gifted Register Cliff to the State of Wyoming in 1932. It is through the generosity of the Frederick family that the site is open to the public. In 1970, the site was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Submitted: December 22, 2014, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p296090
File Size: 3.666 Megabytes

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