Torrington in Goshen County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)

Ben Trout Homestead Shack

1909

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 16, 2016

1. Ben Trout Homestead Shack Marker

Inscription. This is an ORIGINAL HOMESTEAD SHACK built in 1909 about 28 miles south of Torrington on land which is now near the center of Hawk Spring Irrigation Reservoir. The house is 12' 7" x 12' 6" square and was home for the Trouts for 13 years. Here they raised their 3 children. The floor was originally packed dirt covered with a rug or two. The oldest 2 children slept on the floor… Mama, Papa & baby slept in the ¾ bed. It was as hot in the summer as it was cold in the winter. After the Trouts built a larger house… this shack was used as a milk house and the wooden floor was added. Mice and snakes were a common problem. Dust and dirt from plowed ground and Wyoming's ever present winds covered everything in grit.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1909.

Location. 42° 2.908′ N, 104° 11.029′ W. Marker is in Torrington, Wyoming, in Goshen County. It can be reached from CanAm Highway (U.S. 85) ¼ mile north of East 3rd Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Marker and shack are located on the Homesteaders Museum grounds, just north of the

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entrance. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 495 Main Street, Torrington WY 82240, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Wyoming’s Laramie Basin and in the Westward Expansion Trails Region.

It is also in the American Mountain West,

on the Great Plains,

and specifically on the High Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Oregon Trail (within shouting distance of this marker); Empire, Wyoming: African American Community Building in the West (within shouting distance of this marker); a different marker also named Oregon Trail (approx. 0.6 miles away); Cold Springs (approx. 0.6 miles away); CPL. Travis Snow Memorial Building (approx. 1.2 miles away); Replica of the Statue of Liberty (approx. 1.2 miles away); Stuart’s 1812-13 Astorian Party Campsite (approx. 4 miles away); a different marker also named The Oregon Trail

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 16, 2016

2. Ben Trout Homestead Shack Marker

(marker mounted just right of cabin door)

(approx. 7.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Torrington.

Ben Trout Homestead Shack image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 16, 2016

3. Ben Trout Homestead Shack

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 16, 2016

4. Ben Trout Homestead Shack

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 16, 2016

5. Ben Trout Homestead Shack

Credits. This page was last revised on January 6, 2021. It was originally submitted on January 6, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 367 times since then and 33 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on January 6, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.