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Near Parkman in Sheridan County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)
 

Pass, Wyoming

Stagecoach Roads in Sheridan County

 
 
Pass, Wyoming Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, September 16, 2015
1. Pass, Wyoming Marker
Inscription. Pass Post Office was established alongside the stage road in 1888 by Thurston W. Akins on his homestead on Twin Creek, five and a half miles northwest of Ohlman and three quarters of a mile south of the Wyoming-Montana line. The post office served 150 people in the area, and the small town of Pass was built here. Just south of Pass, the stage route diverted from the Bozeman Trail and continued north to Fort Custer and to Custer Station and Junction on the Yellowstone River, while the Bozeman Trail turned northwest to the Big Horn River.
Pass was located about one hundred yards south of this sign and consisted of several small frame buildings that were built along the west side of the stage road, all facing east. The community existed here until 1894, when the post office was moved two and a half miles south to Parkman. Some of the buildings were moved away, and the rest were torn down or decayed. Eventually the foundations were leveled. Nothing remains of Pass today, but the swale of the old stage road is still visible running north-south across the field.
 
Erected by Sheridan County Historic Preservation Commission.
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Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Roads & Vehicles. In addition, it is included in the Postal Mail and Philately series list.
 
Location. 44° 59.533′ N, 107° 20.968′ W. Marker is near Parkman, Wyoming, in Sheridan County. It is on Pass Creek Road (County Route 144) near Wyoming Highway 345, on the left. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 92 Pass Creek Road, Parkman WY 82838, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. It is also in the American Mountain West. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Bozeman Trail (approx. half a mile away); Ohlman Postoffice and Stage Station (approx. 4.7 miles away); Slack, Wyoming (approx. 5.3 miles away); Tongue River Crossing (approx. 8.8 miles away); Stagecoach Roads in Sheridan County (approx. 8.8 miles away); a different
Pass, Wyoming Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, September 16, 2015
2. Pass, Wyoming Marker
marker also named Bozeman Trail (approx. 8.8 miles away); Dayton Community Hall (approx. 9 miles away); First Woman Mayor in Wyoming (approx. 9.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Parkman.
 
More about this marker. This marker is about one-half mile west of the intersection on Pass Creek Road and Wyoming Highway 345.


This plaque is one of six "Stagecoach Roads in Sheridan County" markers.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 10, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 597 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 10, 2015, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
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