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

CPL. Travis Snow Memorial Building

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 30, 2022

1. CPL. Travis Snow Memorial Building Marker

Inscription. This building dedicated to
CPL. Travis Snow
killed in action at the Meuse Argonne
Sept. 30, 1918

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Patriots & Patriotism • War, World I. In addition, it is included in the Military Order of the Purple Heart series list.

Location. 42° 3.908′ N, 104° 11.073′ W. Memorial is in Torrington, Wyoming, in Goshen County. It is at the intersection of Main Street and West 21st Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Main Street. The marker is mounted on the southeast corner of the Travis Snow Post No. 5 American Legion building, facing Main Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 2102 Main Street, Torrington WY 82240, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial 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,

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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: Replica of the Statue of Liberty (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Ben Trout Homestead Shack (approx. 1.2 miles away); Oregon Trail (approx. 1.2 miles away); Empire, Wyoming: African American Community Building in the West (approx. 1.2 miles away); a different marker also named Oregon Trail (approx. 1.7 miles away); Cold Springs (approx. 1.7 miles away); Stuart’s 1812-13 Astorian Party Campsite (approx. 4½ miles away); a different marker also named The Oregon Trail (approx. 7.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Torrington.

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1. America’s bloodiest battle happened 100 years ago this month. It claimed 26,000 lives. Excerpt:

(by Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post, 9/26/2018) Historians say it was the bloodiest battle in U.S. military history, claiming the lives of 26,000 Americans and wounding 95,000. Twice as many died there than the next most costly battle — the World War II fight for Okinawa, which claimed
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, July 30, 2022

2. CPL. Travis Snow Memorial Building
The marker is mounted on the southeast [left] corner of the building.
12,900 lives, according to the late historian Robert H. Ferrell. Fourteen thousand men, most of them killed in the battle, are buried in the Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, near the French village of Romagne-sous-Montfaucon.

(Submitted on March 6, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Travis L. Snow. Find A Grave website entry:

91st Division, 363rd Infantry Regiment
Killed in Action
September 30, 1918
Burial: Plot E Row 42 Grave 22, Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Departement de la Meuse, Lorraine, France.

(Submitted on March 6, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

Credits. This page was last revised on August 19, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 5, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 181 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 6, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.