Cheyenne in Laramie County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)

The Greeting and The Gift

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 25, 2000

1. The Greeting and The Gift Marker

Inscription. The scene depicts a typical meeting of the Indian and the Mountain Man on the open plains of Wyoming during the time of western discovery and exploration in the early 1800’s.

At such meeting the offering of friendship would take place. The Indian is holding out a ceremonial buffalo horn filled with Rock Mountain “sweetwater” while the Mountain Man brings several beaver skins stretched on rounds of aspen branches.

Note that the Mountain Man holds his Muzzle Loading “long rifle” well away from his body with this hand over the muzzle to assure that it is harmless.

The Indian stands 12’6” and weight 3000 pounds. The Mountain Man, whose raised had reaches to 14’, weighs 2500 pounds.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Indigenous Peoples and Communities • Settlements & Settlers.

Location. 41° 3.576′ N, 104° 52.678′ W. Marker is in Cheyenne, Wyoming, in Laramie County. It is on High Plains Road. The marker is on the grounds of the Wyoming Travel and Tourism Center off I-25, Exit 4. Touch for map. Marker is

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at or near this postal address: 5611 High Plains Road, Cheyenne WY 82007, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Wyoming’s Laramie Basin. 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Trails & Tales of I-25 (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Yellowstone Highway (about 500 feet away); Magic City of the Plains (about 500 feet away); Outlaws! (about 700 feet away); Cheyenne Corner Stone (approx. 4.7 miles away); Camp Carlin (approx. 5.6 miles away); Cheyenne's Early Fire Companies (approx. 5.8 miles away); Verne Elliott (approx. 6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cheyenne.

Another marker is no longer nearby. Wyoming’s Wildlife Heritage (was about 600 feet away but has been permanently removed).

The Greeting and The Gift statues image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, August 25, 2000

2. The Greeting and The Gift statues

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 869 times since then and 78 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 26, 2016, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.