Historical Markers in Afton, Wyoming

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Historical Markers in Afton, Wyoming

1 ► Wyoming, Lincoln County, Afton — Afton Wyoming —

World's largest elkhorn arch — — Map (db m104680) HM

2 ► Wyoming, Lincoln County, Afton — Mormons in Star Valley —

First Mormons of record in the valley were 40 emigrants, miners from England, employed in 1858 by F.W. Lander to work on the Lander Cut-Off of the Pacific Wagon Road. By 1870 Church cattle were summer pastured in the valley. In 1879 the Church . . . — — Map (db m90526) HM

3 ► Wyoming, Lincoln County, Afton — 371 — Osmond —

Dry Creek, later called Mt. Pleasant, was settled in 1886. The first public building erected in this area, 1891, was a log schoolhouse also used as a church. Students furnished their own desks and stools. George Hardman, teacher. Osmond Ward, . . . — — Map (db m90525) HM

4 ► Wyoming, Lincoln County, Afton — 237 — Star Valley —

In the spring of 1879 a group of pioneers from Bear Lake settled here. Moses Thatcher explored the area, dedicated it as a home for the Latter Day Saints, calling it Star Valley. Freedom and Auburn settled in 1879 and Afton in 1885. The first public . . . — — Map (db m90548) HM

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