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Entries Containing All of the Phrases «park county» AND «wyoming»

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By Cosmos Mariner, July 29, 2025
Jeremiah (John) Johnson Sculpture
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1 ► Colorado, Grand County, Fraser — Jeremiah (John) Johnson — Dapiek Absaroka —
Near Zerex Street (U.S. 40) at Clayton Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Jeremiah Johnson was a Mountain Man. Indians gave him the name “Dapiek Absaroka”, meaning Crow Killer. He carried on a one-man war with the Crow Indian Nation in retaliation for the death and scalping of his Flathead Indian wife, The Swan, and . . . — — Map (db m288398) HM
2 ► Wyoming, Big Horn County, Byron — Sidon Canal —
On Alternate U.S. 14A at milepost 35, on the right when traveling east.
Following Mormon settlement of the Salt Lake Valley beginning in 1847, church leaders envisioned colonization of the entire inter-mountain region. In following decades, Mormons emigrated from Utah into Idaho, Arizona and Wyoming. Seeking to . . . — — Map (db m91252) HM
3 ► Wyoming, Natrona County, Casper — Cable Tool Drilling Rig —
On West Yellowstone Highway (U.S. 26) at South Poplar Street (Wyoming Highway 220), on the left when traveling west on West Yellowstone Highway.
Drilling rigs of this type were used from about 1878 into the 1950's. With the drilling of deeper wells, starting in the 1920's, cable-tool drilling was gradually replaced by more modern rotary-drilling methods. This replica was built using plans . . . — — Map (db m95586) HM
4 ► Wyoming, Park County, Ralston — Heart Mountain Relocation Center Memorial —
Near Road 19 near Lane 15, on the left when traveling west.
History After the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, many parts of the West Coast were declared military defense zones. The government ordered the removal of all persons of Japanese ancestry and the War Relocation Authority was . . . — — Map (db m91185) HM

5 ► Wyoming, Park County, Cody — Site of Halfway House Stage Stop —
On Sheridan Avenue at 11th Street, on the left when traveling west on Sheridan Avenue.
At this spot in 1903 a rock dugout facing south, near a fresh-water spring in the hillside, was established as a stage "noon stop" where horses were changed and meals served. The primitive accommodation was halfway between Corbett Crossing on . . . — — Map (db m286144) HM

6 ► Wyoming, Park County, Cody — Pioneer Stagecoach Drivers —
On Sheridan Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
      The pioneer stagecoach drivers of the Old West were as fiercely independent as any men the country has ever seen. They were men of whang-leather toughness, who were accustomed to the harshness of frontier life. They never failed to laugh in . . . — — Map (db m87199) HM

7 ► Montana, Park County, Livingston — Legacy of Lewis and Clark: Opening the Yellowstone Corridor —
On Interstate 90 at milepost 325, on the right when traveling east.
(Left panel:) Early Exploration and Settlement: John Colter, member of the 1804-1805 (sic) Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery, in 1807 was the first known white man to have traversed through the area known as Yellowstone . . . — — Map (db m191799) HM
 
    Thin black lines indicate changes in relevance. Between each pair of lines entries are ordered geographically but all have the same relevance.
* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
 
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