Near U.S. 24 east of Road 140E, on the left when traveling east.
The Kansas Historical Society purchased 23 acres of the ranch in 1982 and it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places the next year. The outbuildings were badly deteriorated. Beginning in 1986 extensive restoration work was undertaken. . . . — — Map (db m156108) HM
Near U.S. 24 east of Road 140E, on the left when traveling east.
Fent's photos depict Studley and other nearby communities as they entered the 20th century, showing the planting of trees, the conversion of sod schools to frame structures, and the replacement of horses by automobiles. — — Map (db m156105) HM
Near U.S. 24 east of Road 140E, on the left when traveling east.
Behind this sign was a large stone shed that fell victim to a tornado in 1911. At the time, Fent's younger brother, Tom, was building onto his home about one-half mile west of here. Tom used most of the stones from this shed for his addition. A 1990 . . . — — Map (db m156101) HM
Near U.S. 24 east of Road 140E, on the left when traveling east.
Fent sold all his sheep by 1904 amidst falling wool prices and a growing Kansas cattle industry. By 1936 Fent still owned 80 acres of the land that held the house and outbuildings, some pasture, and the cropland south of the highway. When he died in . . . — — Map (db m156107) HM
Near U.S. 24 east of Road 140E, on the left when traveling east.
By the 1880s photography had become a popular and accessible hobby. Fent enjoyed photography and captured images of his English friends and family at parties and picnics. — — Map (db m156104) HM
There are two markers, side by side.
The First Pratt Home
Abraham and Fent lived in a dugout along the river, approximately a quarter mile south of where you stand today. Later, in 1882, Tom Pratt joined his father and brother in . . . — — Map (db m77910) HM
Near U.S. 24 east of Road 140E, on the left when traveling east.
Each spring the Pratts hired children from the area and equipped them with shepherding hooks. Their job was to drive a steady stream of sheep to the shearing shed, where hired shearers were paid five cents per sheep to hand-clip the wool. As fleeces . . . — — Map (db m156103) HM
Near U.S. 24 east of Road 140E, on the left when traveling east.
In 1896 the Pratts ordered stained glass windows from the Studley lumber yard. There are four such windows in the home. The window on this side of the house features the "buttons and bows" pattern and cost $8.70 when purchased in 1896. Other stained . . . — — Map (db m156097) HM
Near U.S. 24 east of Road 140E, on the left when traveling east.
Abraham Pratt and his sons prospered as successful businessmen, farmers, and ranchers. Fent married Yorkshire native Jennie Elizabeth Place in 1888. Life on the High Plains was very different from middle class England. At first Jennie did not like . . . — — Map (db m156096) HM
Near U.S. 24 east of Road 140E, on the left when traveling east.
The base of the yard fence in front of the house, and most of the walls of the house and washhouse were built with stones from the Ogallalah Formation. The stones were quarried from the slope behind the outbuildings and the Pratt's timber claim a . . . — — Map (db m156102) HM
Near U.S. 24 east of Road 140E, on the left when traveling east.
Most women of early rural households designated one day of the week as washday. Separate washhouses were common in the 1890s, but the fine stonework, chimney, running water, wallpaper, and tin ceiling distinguish the Pratt washhouse. The concrete . . . — — Map (db m156098) HM
Near U.S. 24 east of Road 140E, on the left when traveling east.
A determined and innovative horticulturalist, Fent established an orchard and vineyard just south of the present highway. He grew apples, apricots, cherries, currants, grapes, and a variety of vegetables. Irrigation for the crops came from this . . . — — Map (db m156093) HM
Near U.S. 24 east of Road 140E, on the left when traveling east.
Springtime is shearing and lambing time on a sheep ranch. The Pratts hired shearers and sheepherders to help. These workers often did not live nearby, and they slept in the bunkhouse, which was also used for storage. The structure to the left housed . . . — — Map (db m156100) HM
Near U.S. 24 east of Road 140E, on the left when traveling east.
Like many Kansas settlers, the Pratts built their home and outbuildings with influences from their native country. But unlike other early Kansas ranchers that raised cattle, the Pratts raised sheep. The way the outbuildings adjoin the stone wall is . . . — — Map (db m156099) HM
On East 1st Avenue (State Highway 16/5) 0.3 miles east of Lavalley Street, on the right when traveling east.
Sitting Bull was a great American Indian and Statesman. He struggled to keep his people free and united by fleeing with them into Canada. Louis Legare, a French trader and Sitting Bull’s friend, persuaded him to return to the United States and . . . — — Map (db m202834) HM
On 1st Street (State Highway 2) 0.3 miles west of 396 Trail, on the right when traveling west.
For a few years, the Antioch vicinity was one of the most important potash-producing regions in the nation. Antioch grew from a small village to a town of about 2,000. When the First World War broke out, the United States was cut off from European . . . — — Map (db m178812) HM
On Mari Sandoz Sandhills Trail (State Highway 27) 15 miles north of State Highway 2, on the right when traveling north.
During World War II the Japanese built some nine thousand hydrogen-filled, paper balloons to carry small bombs to North America, hoping to set fires and inflict casualties. The first was launched November 3, 1944. The balloons rose to about 30,000 . . . — — Map (db m180929) HM
On Mari Sandoz Sandhills Trail (State Highway 27) 24 miles north of State Highway 2, on the right when traveling north.
This is the country of Mari Sandoz — historian, novelist, teacher — who brought its history and its people to life in her many books, articles and stories. She was born in Sheridan County, Nebraska. Although she lived much of her life in the East, . . . — — Map (db m180957) HM
On Mari Sandoz Sandhills Trail (State Highway 27) just north of State Highway 2, on the left when traveling north.
Twenty miles northeast of here is Spade Ranch headquarters, a National Register of Historic Places site. In Ellsworth are the business offices (built c. 1890) and home (built 1902) of cattleman Bartlett Richards (1862-1911), a Vermont native. . . . — — Map (db m180899) HM
On 190th Lane, 0.5 miles north of Bridges to Buttes Byway (U.S. 20), on the left when traveling north.
A single willow tree on the banks of Antelope Creek served as a landmark along the Gordon Trail for settlers, fur traders, and Native Americans. In 1885, Reverend John Scamahorn and 104 settlers from Indiana set up camp at the Lone Willow. Later . . . — — Map (db m235938) HM
On South Post Street just south of Bridges to Buttes Byway (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling south.
About ten miles north are the sites of Spotted Tail Agency and Camp Sheridan. Named for Brule Sioux Chief Spotted Tail, the agency was built in 1874 to supply treaty payments, including food, clothing, weapons, and utensils, under the terms of the . . . — — Map (db m159081) HM
Near 2nd Street East north of Avenue C E, on the right when traveling north.
Herein are momentoes from the people of the year A.D. 1976 to the people of the year A.D. 2001. Sealed at the dedication of this Bicentennial structure June 25, 1976. — — Map (db m162769) HM
On Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
One of history’s great but little celebrated rides was made between midnight December 21st and Christmas night December 25th in the year 1866. From here at Fort Phil Kearny, where annihilation of Fetterman’s force had left the garrison in desperate . . . — — Map (db m87700) HM
. . . you dress lightly because the weather is clear. You are carrying your recently issued seven shot Spencer repeater and a saber. Lt. Grummond will command and he carries a saber and revolver. Wheatley and Fisher, who are with you, carry 15 . . . — — Map (db m87522) HM
. . . your preparations for the battle began two weeks ago when some leaders, including Red Leaf, High Back Bone and Black Leg, determined that the soldiers from the Buffalo Creek Fort could be ambushed. At your main camp on the Tongue River two . . . — — Map (db m87526) HM
. . . you are part of a detail formed this morning consisting of 49 men from companies A, C, E, and H of the 18th Infantry Regiment, you are told you will relieve a wood train under attack on Sullivan Hill for the third time in three weeks. On . . . — — Map (db m87520) HM
… the command retreats up the hill to this point, stopping only once or twice to fire at the pursuing warriors. Civilians Wheatley and Fisher, along with some non-commissioned officers, are making a stand 250 yards to the north, slowing the . . . — — Map (db m87523) HM
. . . you and fellow warriors prepare for battle. You wear your fines dress which includes your war shirt. The war pony you selected is painted and readied for battle as well. All of this preparation will give you spiritual strength and . . . — — Map (db m87528) HM
. . . one of the Cheyenne members of the decoy party, is with you. He is riding a black horse belonging to Little Wolf, his brother, and is wearing Sweet Medicine Chief’s scalp shirt. His horse, tired from decoying the soldiers, stumbles . . . — — Map (db m87524) HM
On Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
Because of a healthy climate plus a short existence, Phil Kearny’s cemetery might have remained an almost vacant place. But warfare prevented that idea. Here rested eighty-one victims of Fetterman’s impetuosity; three heros of the masterful Wagon . . . — — Map (db m87703) HM
. . . like you, will die today. History will record that he is of German descent and a combat veteran of the Civil War and Plains Indian Wars. Two weeks ago, on December 6th, he helped Col. Carrington rescue Lt. Grummond from certain death. . . . — — Map (db m87525) HM
. . . you are joined by 27 more soldiers of Company C, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, under the command of Lt. George Grummond. Captain Fred Brown and two civilian volunteers, James Wheatley and Isaac Fisher, also join up. Your detail heads up Piney Creek . . . — — Map (db m87521) HM
On this field on the 21st day of December, 1866, three commissioned officers and seventy six privates of the 18th U.S. Infantry, and of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry, and four civilians, under the command of Captain Brevet-Lieutenant Colonel William J. . . . — — Map (db m85998) HM
On July 3, 1908, Henry B. Carrington, Frances Grummond Carrington and veterans of the Fort Phil Kearny garrison attended a memorial ceremony to dedicate this monument. Colonel Carrington and others recounted the events surrounding the battle of . . . — — Map (db m87407) HM
On Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark Under the provisions of the Historic Sites Act of August 21, 1935 this site possesses exceptional value in commemorating and illustrating the history of the United States. U.S. Department . . . — — Map (db m87402) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, 0.4 miles west of Kearny Lane.
The Land
The land under view where the Great Plains meets the Rocky Mountains was once the Red Man's land of milk and honey, then as now teaming with wildlife. It was a most productive--thus favorite--hunting ground. But it was also a . . . — — Map (db m153150) HM
. . . the soldiers are surrounded and defeated. You begin gathering used arrows, soldier weapons, loose horses and tending your injured. Some warriors were hit by accident when warriors attacked from both sides of the trail. Other warriors . . . — — Map (db m87531) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
All military posts had laundresses, with some having poor reputations as ladies-of-the-night, or for conducting shady activities. This may not have been the case at Fort Phil Kearny. There were four to five laundresses at this fort, each assigned . . . — — Map (db m87657) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
Documented archaeology began at Fort Phil Kearny in 1961 and reoccurred in 1970, 1991-92, 1999 and 2000. The initial work was done by Gene Galloway who salvaged artifacts during the county road construction. In 1970-71 George Frison studied the . . . — — Map (db m87667) HM
On Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
Lodge Trail Ridge divided the drainages of both Piney Creeks with the drainage of Peno (now Prairie Dog) Creek. Up this divide, north beyond Phil Kearny, climbed the Bozeman Trail on its route to Montana. There, December 21, 1866, in violation of . . . — — Map (db m87698) HM
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By 1866, Twenty Years of Confrontation . . . . . . had occurred on the Northern Plains. Indian tribes clashed over the vast resources of food, water and grass. European Americans pressured all the tribes on the quest . . . — — Map (db m87421) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
Officers Row was a group of seven to ten non-descript log structures providing housing for officers and their families. They were probably a combination lumber, log, canvas, and dirt construction with one room, seldom larger than 24 by 30 feet. . . . — — Map (db m87619) HM
On Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
Pilot Hill – overlooking Piney and Little Piney Creek Valleys, the Bozeman Road, the Sullivant Ridge with its wood roads was a constantly manned lookout. From this post the sentry signaled to the Fort news of events as they occurred – . . . — — Map (db m87702) HM
On Kearny Lane at Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling south on Kearny Lane.
In honor of John (Portugee) Phillips who Dec. 22-24, 1866, rode 236 miles in sub-zero weather through Indian infested country to Fort Laramie to summon aid for the garrison of Fort Phil Kearny beleaguered by Indians following the Fetterman . . . — — Map (db m86069) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
1867 quartermaster inspections of Fort Phil Kearny indicated the poor condition of many of the buildings on post and that they needed rebuilding. These included the barracks, officer’s quarters, post headquarters and more. The post commander’s . . . — — Map (db m87621) HM
On Interstate 90, on the right when traveling north.
In 1863, a party led by John Bozeman blazed a trail from the North Platte River, northwest across the Powder River Basin and along the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains to the gold fields of Montana. Established in violation of the 1851 . . . — — Map (db m86159) WM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
The mission of the Fort Phil Kearny garrison was to guard travelers on the Bozeman Trail, but it soon became apparent that the guards would also need protection. Therefore, on July 13, 1866, Captain Tenador Ten Eyck began building a fort which had . . . — — Map (db m87405) HM
On Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
As explained in No. 1 of this series, wood was the life blood of Fort Kearny. The founding soldiers had carried into this wilderness a sawmill. It was set up without the walls of the stockade as here illustrated. And here, as supplied by logs . . . — — Map (db m87701) HM
On Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
Fort Phil Kearny, built of wood and fueled by wood, required a never ending supply of wood. A supply obtained despite hostile activities by Sioux and Cheyenne. Source was the “Pinery” four miles west against the mountains. The route . . . — — Map (db m87691) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
The 18th Infantry’s 40-piece Regimental Band was housed at Fort Phil Kearny in a 24 by 64 green log, panel constructed, dirt roofed barrack. The band provided drummers and buglers for drill, ceremony, and combat commands during the day. In the . . . — — Map (db m87629) HM
On Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
As shown above, so ran, through treaty guaranteed Indian Land, a white man’s route of commerce. Like any road it was an environment and ecology disturbing intrusion. Which, in this case, made it a challenge bound to produce a redman’s reaction . . . — — Map (db m87704) HM
The Bozeman Trail was established in 1863 by John Bozeman and John Jacobs as a shortcut to the Montana goldfields. It started from Virginia City, at Adler Gulch, in Montana, heading southward across Wyoming and the Powder River country where it . . . — — Map (db m87519) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
It is a false perception that the frontier posts of the American West were garrisoned with large troops of cavalry. Actually a post’s usual population was largely infantry with a few cavalry for support, reconnaissance, escort, or mail delivery. . . . — — Map (db m87641) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
Because the regulations would not allow non-military dependent civilians to reside inside Fort Phil Kearny, several civilian dwellings existed outside the post stockade on the valley plain below, and in the Quartermaster corral to the south. These . . . — — Map (db m87638) HM
The average age of an enlisted man in the United States Army was twenty-three years old. Although Fetterman’s command included veterans of the Civil War, many of the men were inexperienced in Indian warfare and had limited training with their . . . — — Map (db m87514) HM
Plains Indian warriors varied in age from teens into their thirties. Being superb horsemen and skilled marksmen with bow and arrow, these warriors used their athletic skills and knowledge of the terrain to trap their enemies. Although they often . . . — — Map (db m87515) HM
Upon hearing rifle volleys north of Lodge Trail Ridge, Col. Carrington sent Captain Tenodor Ten Eyck with a relief column of 75 men to assist Fetterman. After the battle, Ten Eyck’s testimony described the discovery of a valley full of Indians in . . . — — Map (db m87532) HM
On Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
Before you lies the frame of a LANE & BODLEY sawmill. This was one of two steam-driven sawmills brought west for Colonel Carrington’s command. The sawmills were used to cut lumber into boards for construction of buildings, furniture and other . . . — — Map (db m87705) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
Even though Fort Phil Kearny, like most frontier posts, had plenty of use for a jail, this was not the main function of the Guardhouse. The 50 by 32 foot, shingled building with a brick chimney, was used primarily for guard-mount. Guard-mount was . . . — — Map (db m87637) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
. . . at Fort Phil Kearny was seldom successful at either of its two hospitals. The original hospital was a 24 by 84 foot structure similar to the barracks in construction. During this hospital’s short service it sadly served as the morgue for . . . — — Map (db m87624) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
All military posts had a magazine for storing munitions. At Fort Phil Kearny the Magazine was 16 by 16 feet, with a 11 foot dirt covered ceiling and it was buried eight feet in the southwest quadrant of the parade ground. It is referred to in . . . — — Map (db m87644) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
From this building the commander of the Mountain District of the U.S. Army issued orders to Forts Phil Kearny C.F. Smith, and Reno. The Mountain District was made up of the 2nd Battalion 18th Infantry until 1867 when it was reorganized into the . . . — — Map (db m87633) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
While not as well built and fortified as the military stockade to the north, the quartermaster’s stockade provided protection for the Quartermaster Department’s supplies, draft animals, work shops and civilian employees. Most of the supplies . . . — — Map (db m87647) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
Even the most remote of frontier posts could not do without its Sutler Store. Fort Phil Kearny’s was established and built by John Kinney in partnership with others, including one Fenn Burnett. The building was 24 by 64 feet and constructed in a . . . — — Map (db m87631) HM
Near Wagon Box Road, on the left when traveling west.
Fort Phil Kearny State Historic Site is administered by the Wyoming State Parks and Historic Sites Department and supported by the Fort Phil Kearny/Bozeman Trail Association. All parties are committed to the preservation and interpretation of the . . . — — Map (db m87673) HM
The Fetterman Fight was a clash of forces using different warfare tactics. In 1866, the military used Civil War tactics of massed soldiers formations under a central command using concentrated gunfire. The skirmish lines had men placed at . . . — — Map (db m87517) HM
Officers generally carried Models 1860 Colt or 1858 Remington .44 caliber revolvers. They also carried M-1860 Light Cavalry sabers, like the cavalry. An Infantry Soldier carried a Springfield Model 1863 rifle-musket, .58 caliber. He was . . . — — Map (db m87518) HM
. . . the soldiers from Peno Creek. They retreat south up the hill along their road. A small group of them stop among some rocks to the north. Their fast shooting guns slow the attack, causing many casualties. The remaining soldiers retreat . . . — — Map (db m87529) HM
On Johnson Street near Creighton Street, on the right when traveling south.
Big Horn grew up as one of the main communities along the stage route in Sheridan County. The first Big Horn Post Office was established in 1879 at Thomas Creighton's ranch two miles northeast of Big Horn. In 1881, Creighton sold his ranch, and the . . . — — Map (db m91401) HM
On Johnson Street near Creighton Street, on the right when traveling north.
Near here emigrants traversed the Bozeman Trail, 1864-68 to Virginia City, Montana gold mines. Confronted with hostile Indians unwilling to share their hunting grounds, the trail became known as the "Bloody Bozeman" and was discontinued. . . . — — Map (db m91423) HM
Near Beaver Creek Road (County Route 87) near Bear Gulch Road. Reported missing.
During the 1880s, as Sheridan County was settled and railroads steadily advanced through Wyoming, stagecoach operations changed from long-distance interstate service between railheads to a network of shorter routes connecting rail terminal and . . . — — Map (db m91425) HM
On Bridge Street at West 3rd Avenue, on the left when traveling north on Bridge Street.
410 Bridge Street
Dayton, Wyoming 82836
"Built in 1935-35 for the Town of Dayton by the WPA & the CCC"
National Register of Historic Places
Wyoming Place No. 1338 — — Map (db m91336) HM
In the process of uplift, which created the Big Horn Mountains, faults and fractures formed in the rocks. The thick layers of limestone in this area were fractured parallel to the valley. When a section of the Earth’s crust sank, huge chunks broke . . . — — Map (db m88164) HM
On Broadway Avenue near East 4th Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Mrs. Susan Wissler, on May 9 1911, was elected mayor of Dayton, Wyoming, then a community of about 175 people. She served two terms of two years each. Her administration was marked by civic improvements and community betterment as her campaign . . . — — Map (db m91335) HM
About 500 million years ago the air and land were warmer, and seas covered all of Wyoming including the area you see. You would not recognize any animal life at that time. None of it lived on the land. Then around 75 million years ago, the earth’s . . . — — Map (db m88162) HM
Across the road is a thrust fault / syncline formation, exposed by the road cut. The fault occurred when pressure caused the rock layers to push up creating the non-conforming layers and downward fold (syncline). The Big Horn Mountains reached . . . — — Map (db m88160) HM
On June 25, 1991, the trees in this are blew down in a windstorm event which meteorologists define as a "Traveling Microburst." Approximately 1,100 acres were affected along an 8 mile path. This microburst began on Highway 14 near Granite Pass and . . . — — Map (db m153237) HM
On Pass Creek Road (County Route 144) near Wyoming Highway 345, on the left.
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 . . . — — Map (db m91426) HM
On Dayton Street (U.S. 14) at Gillette Street, on the right when traveling east on Dayton Street.
At this site on Tongue River, August 29, 1865, Brigadier General Patrick E. Connor. 125 cavalrymen, and 90 Indian scouts attacked an Arapaho village of several hundred lodges. After a swift night march, Connor’s men surprised and stormed the . . . — — Map (db m86053) HM
In 1865 General Patrick E. Connor led the “Powder River Expedition” into this area. This expedition was a part of a broad military program to bring the Indians north of the Platte River under control and halt their depredations along the . . . — — Map (db m92720) WM
On Gillette Street, on the left when traveling south.
Here Aug. 29,1865, troops and Indian scouts commanded by Gen. P.E. Connor destroyed an Arapahoe Indian village. Erected by The Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming 1936 — — Map (db m86892) HM
On Dayton Street (U.S. 14), on the right when traveling west.
Ranchester was established in 1894. The McShane Tie Company used it as a shipping point for railroad ties. These ties were cut and hewn by hand in the Big Horn Mountains. They then floated down a six mile flume to the Tongue River. . . . — — Map (db m88159) HM
On Dayton Street (U.S. 14) west of Halfway Lane (County Route 71), on the right when traveling west.
Bingham Post Office and stage station on the Rock Creek stage line was located from 1879 to 1885 at Benjamin F. Smith’s ranch on the north side of the Tongue River, where the stage road crossed. The site is in a field west of the ranch buildings, . . . — — Map (db m86278) HM
Near Gillette Street, on the left when traveling south.
On this site during the early morning hours of August 29, 1865, General Patrick Edward Connor led over 200 troops in an attack on Chief Black Bear’s Arapaho village. Connor had departed from Fort Laramie on July 30th with 184 wagons, a . . . — — Map (db m86058) HM
On Dayton Street (U.S. 14) west of Halfway Lane (County Route 71), on the right when traveling west.
Historically, this area of the Tongue River served as a trail and stage road crossing. The Boseman Trail, road to the Montana gold fields, crossed here beginning in 1864. The Bozeman cut through the Powder River Basin, violating the Fort . . . — — Map (db m86276) HM
Near E 5th Street (County Route 336), on the left when traveling east.
A moderate climate shelters this land from the harsh winds and extreme temperatures familiar to much of Wyoming. Excellent grass and pure water drew both Indians and cattlemen to this country. The original Red Angus breed of cattle was . . . — — Map (db m89016) HM
Near E 5th Street (County Route 336), on the left when traveling east.
The abundance of Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep led the Indians to name this mountain range after these majestic animals. The Big Horn Mountains are a wildlife viewing paradise. Several native Indian tribes competed with each other and later with . . . — — Map (db m89010) HM
On Broadway Street at East 5th Street (Wyoming Highway 336), on the left when traveling south on Broadway Street.
Presented By
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company
June 10, 1962
Class 0-5-A Mohawk 4-8-4 Type Highspeed
Combination Passenger or Freight
Built in 1940 by C.B.&Q. R.R. Co. shop
Length of Locomotive and Tender: 106' 5" . . . — — Map (db m91368) HM
Dedicated to the memory of
General George Crook
his gallant soldiers and
scouts who, in June, 1876,
camped in the valley of
the Goose Creeks on the
present site of Sheridan
while waiting for their
Crow and Shoshoni . . . — — Map (db m91393) HM
On Broadway Street at East 5th Street (Wyoming Highway 336), on the right when traveling south on Broadway Street.
"Buffalo Bill" Cody led the Grand March celebrating the opening of the Inn in 1892 and was part-owner of this unique building for about eight years. The first telephone and electric lights in Sheridan were in the Inn.
The Inn was built by the . . . — — Map (db m91367) HM
On Acme Road, 0.2 miles east of Kleenburn Road (County Road 106), on the right when traveling east.
You are Standing Near Acme
(the former Acme townsite was located southeast of the existing power plant structure.)
In 1907, A.K. "Archie" Craig and Ora Darnell created the Acme Coal Company. By 1911, the company had opened Acme 1 . . . — — Map (db m189698) HM
On County Road 1231 near State Highway 338, on the right.
Immigrants working in the mines shaped Sheridan County's rich cultural identity Although the majority of immigrants came from Poland, over 20 nationalities were represented in the Sheridan County mines. Many Polish food dishes, drinks, and . . . — — Map (db m189688) HM
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