Near Guernsey in Platte County, Wyoming — The American West (Mountains)
Guernsey State Park Museum
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 9, 2016
1. Guernsey State Park Museum Marker
Most of the material for the museum was crafted by hand. The roof is framed with heavy, hand-hewn timbers and covered with split cedar shakers. The floors were formed by pieces of flagstone quarried at Thermopolis, Wyoming. The front door as well as the paneling in the library is Florida “pecky” cypress.
This structure took about 6,100 man hours to build at a cost of about $3200 in the mid-1930s. Look for more of these CCC structures throughout the park.
*The Civilian Conservation Corps was created by President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression as a relief for jobless men and conservation for the land.
They were known as the “Tree Army” and worked on projects ranging from planting trees to building bridges.
Some of the men who came in the 1930s later returned and made Guernsey their home.
Erected by Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed
this page online
Location. 42° 17.706′ N, 104° 45.786′ W. Marker is near Guernsey, Wyoming, in Platte County. It can be reached from Museum Road (State Highway 317) near Lake Side Driver. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Guernsey WY 82214, 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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Brimmer Point (approx. 0.7 miles away); Civilian Conservation Corps (approx. 1.4 miles away); Guernsey Tunnel No. 2 (approx. 1.4 miles away); The Guernsey-Wendover Cutoff
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 9, 2016
2. Guernsey State Park Museum and Marker
More about this marker. The Guernsey State Park Museum is at the end of Museum Road.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 9, 2016
3. Guernsey State Park Museum
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 9, 2016
4. Guernsey State Park Museum
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5. Guernsey State Park Museum, picnic alcove
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 9, 2016
6. Guernsey State Park Museum
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 9, 2016
7. "CCC Worker"
Dedicated – 2009
Donated by the Friends of Guernsey State Park and the Wyoming Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources.
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 9, 2016
8. "CCC Worker"
Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, June 9, 2016
9. Flagpole
Plaque at the base reads:
For all the boys who served in Co. 844, plus all who served in Wyoming.
Woody Sweet Ed Hofmann Sam Steinert Ambrose Kinney Gene Lee Jack Wilson Murray Hodge Virgil Lore
Credits. This page was last revised on October 4, 2016. It was originally submitted on October 4, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 862 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. submitted on October 4, 2016, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.
