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
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