Photograph as originally submitted to this page in the Historical Marker Database www.HMdb.org. Click on photo to resize in browser. Scroll down to see metadata.

Photographer: Barry Swackhamer
Taken: September 15, 2015
Caption: The Black Diamonds of Sheridan County Marker
Additional Description: Captions: (top left) The Dietz Mine was the first commercial coal mine in Sheridan County. Image 1903.; (bottom left) As underground mines closed, open pit mining emerged. Image late 1950s.; (center right) The Burlington and Missouri Railroad Depot was built in 1910 and is located at 841 Broadway in Sheridan's Historic Railroad District. Image 2012.; (middle right) The Big Horn Coal transfer station, shown above, was one of the many important railroad stations that transferred coal away from the mines and to regional and national markets. Image c. 1957.
Submitted: December 11, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
Database Locator Identification Number: p341612
File Size: 3.319 Megabytes

To see the metadata that may be embedded in this photo, sign in and then return to this page.