Entries Containing All of the Phrases «big horn county» AND «wyoming»

Marker detail: Using Mules and Horses to Work the Land

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1 ► Wyoming, Big Horn County, Shell — Wringing Out a Livelihood —

Near U.S. 14, on the left when traveling east.

By the late 1800s, settlers were already trying to wring a livelihood from the harsh environment in Shell Canyon and the valley below. Average precipitation here is less than ten inches per year and land suitable for cultivated crops is scarce. . . . — — Map (db m131490) HM

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2 ► Wyoming, Big Horn County, Cowley — 567 — Big Horn Academy —

Near South Division Street near 1st Street South, on the right when traveling north.

In 1900 the prophet and president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Saints, sent settlers to northern Wyoming under direction of Apostle Abraham Owen Woodruff. They wee to establish two communities, Byron and Cowley, and build the Sidon . . . — — Map (db m190065) HM

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