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On Powell Highway (Alternate U.S. 14) near Happy Trails Road, on the left when traveling north.
On September 10th 1880, Victor Arland and John F. Corbett set up the first mercantile establishment in the Big Horn Basin on the Indian Trace that follows Trail Creek. Looking to the cattlemen for business, they moved to Cottonwood Creek in 1883, . . . — — Map (db m91138) HM
Near W Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling west.
Off in the distance in front of you, a large red butte lies against a much larger mountain, Rattlesnake Mountain. Flowing down the valley is Trail Creek, named for the ancient Indian trail that crosses the Shoshone River at the Indian ford in the . . . — — Map (db m87571) HM
On North Fork Hwy (U.S. 14) 1.2 miles east of Verner Road, on the right when traveling east.
Balanced Plunger Hydraulic Valve
This 48-inch diameter valve is one of two which were originally installed at the base of the Buffalo Bill Dam in 1922 to supply water to the Shoshone Powerplant and low level river outlet works. The two valves were . . . — — Map (db m104003) HM
On North Fork Hwy (U.S. 14) 1.2 miles east of Verner Road, on the right when traveling east.
Ball Plug
This large wood and concrete ball plug was one of two used to halt the flow of water through the 42-inch diameter power outlet works conduits, located in the base of the dam. The balls facilitated the repair and maintenance of downstream . . . — — Map (db m104004) HM
Near Demaris Drive near West Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 14).
Belle Drewry was born in 1867, just two years after the Civil War. Her birth place and family are unknown. It is known that she left home at an early age and changed her name. Belle was a rather attractive young woman; about five foot six inches . . . — — Map (db m91077) HM
On North Fork Hwy (U.S. 14) 0.5 miles east of Verner Road, on the right when traveling east.
Buffalo Bill Reservoir
The Shoshone Project Story
The development by the U.S. Reclamation Service of the great irrigation project in the lower Shoshone valley required sacrifice of their land by the settlers living in the upper part of the . . . — — Map (db m104001) HM
On Southfork Road (State Highway 291) near Davis Draw Road, on the right when traveling south.
John Colter, famed among the famous breed of "Mountain Men," passed this landmark late in the fall of 1807 while on business for the fur trader Manuel Lisa. Searching for Indians in order to conduct trade, he also hunted salt caves reputedly located . . . — — Map (db m91010) HM
Near W Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling west.
Cedar Mountain, the mountain in front of you to the left of the canyon, was known to the Crow Indians as “the mountain of spirits.” Early settlers told of finding Indian tree burials on its northeast slope. Unfortunately, those sites . . . — — Map (db m87566) HM
On W Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling west.
John Colter, veteran of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, notably self-sufficient mountain man and indefatigable explorer, was the first white man known to have reconnoitered this locale. In 1807, possibly traveling alone but probably escorted . . . — — Map (db m86150) HM
On W Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 20) west of Demaris Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Colter’s Hell is a large, mostly extinct, geyser basin. Today, there are a few hot springs, and vents which release sulphurous gasses along the Shoshone River. This site includes some of the world’s largest extinct geyser cones and thermal pools. . . . — — Map (db m86147) HM
On Dead Indian Hill Road (aka Crandall Road) (State Highway 296) near County Highway 103, on the right when traveling west.
This pass is the summit of Dead Indian Hill. Through this portal great herds of wild game seasonally migrant from the mountains to the plains. This high pass was the gate way for countless Indian hunting and war parties, and through this portal . . . — — Map (db m189985) HM
On Dead Indian Hill Road (aka Crandall Road) (State Highway 296) near County Highway 103, on the right when traveling west.
September 9, 1877. The Nez Perce knew that General Howard was at least a day behind the and Colonel Sturgis had moved his forces to the Stinking Water (Shoshone River).
The Nez Perce, led by Lean Elk and Joseph, sensed an opportunity to escape. . . . — — Map (db m190076) HM
On Powell Highway (Alternate U.S. 14) near Happy Trails Road, on the left when traveling north.
In the early 1890s, Thomas Lanchbury was hired by the Bell stage and freight line to build a stage station near Eagle's Nest Springs in Wyoming. The Eagle's Nest Stage Station was the midway point on the run between Red Lodge, Montana and Meeteese, . . . — — Map (db m91134) HM
On W Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 20) 0.1 miles west of Demaris Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Looking west is the Shoshone Canyon, named for the Shoshoni Indians, who hunted in the region. However, most of the Big Horn Basin had been Crow territory until the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868. West of the canyon, the north and the south forks of . . . — — Map (db m87558) HM
Near Demaris Drive near West Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 14).
Jim White was born in Missouri in 1828. He found his way into the southwest as a young man, where he was a freighter with ox-drawn wagons.
When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Jim White served the Confederate Army as a grain buyer and wagon . . . — — Map (db m91080) HM
Near Demaris Drive near West Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 14).
John Johnston was born of Scotch-English descent in New Jersey in 1824. Johnston, described as a 6'6", 250 pound giant , came west in the early 1840's as a trapper. He began his career in the Medicine Bow mountains of Wyoming, gradually working . . . — — Map (db m91019) HM
Near W Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling west.
The rocky ridge you are now crossing marks the southern edge of Lee Street, one of the original roads of Cody City. Wagon ruts, phone wires and rock cairn lot markers have been found along its path. In memory of Jerry Housel and Mary Elaine Housel . . . — — Map (db m87580) HM
On W Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 20) 0.1 miles west of Demaris Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Buffalo Bill Cody and some business partners established the Shoshone Irrigation Co. in 1894. Work began on the Cody Canal to bring water for crop irrigation from the South Fork of the Shoshone River, around the south side of Cedar Mountain. The . . . — — Map (db m87556) HM
On Demaris Drive near West Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 14).
On this site in 1895, Western scout and showman William F. ("Buffalo Bill") Cody laid out the original townsite of Cody, Wyoming, which he named in his honor. Today Old Trail Town preserves the lifestyle and history of the Frontier West through a . . . — — Map (db m91011) HM
On Dead Indian Hill Road (aka Crandall Road) (State Highway 296) near County Road 103, on the right when traveling west.
The ridge you are standing on was the last significant barrier for more than 600 Nez Perce Indians and their 2,000 horses as they fled the pursuing U.S. Cavalry. After the battle of the Big Hoel a month earlier, they drew knew the Army did not . . . — — Map (db m190091) HM
Near Demaris Drive near West Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 14).
Phillip Henry Vetter was born February 7, 1855 near Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Virginia. He was killed by a grizzly bear on the Greybull River in Wyoming in 1892.
A few years after the Civil War, Phillip's family came West by wagon train and . . . — — Map (db m91072) HM
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
Near Demaris Drive near West Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 14).
Sampson E. Stilwell, better known as "Comanche Jack," was born in Kansas in 1850 and served on the frontier during his youth as a scout and hunter. He is best known for his heroic deeds at the Battle of Beechers Island on September 6 (sic), 1868. . . . — — Map (db m91074) HM
On W Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling west.
Shoshone Canyon is a gorge cut through Rattlesnake Mountain by the wearing action of the Shoshone River. The mountain is a northwest trending uplift in the earth’s crust that rises 3700 feet above the surrounding terrain. Beds of sedimentary rock . . . — — Map (db m86154) HM
On N Fork Hwy (U.S. 20) 0.2 miles west of Spirit Mountain Road, on the right when traveling west.
The Heart Mountain Division of the Shoshone Project receives irrigation water directly from Buffalo Bill Reservoir via the Shoshone Canyon Conduit, a three-mile-long tunnel drilled through Cedar Mountain located to the left. From the conduit, the . . . — — Map (db m87589) HM
Near W Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling west.
On both sides of the Shoshone River there are many circles made of stones built by the Indians who frequented this area. Some of the sites are simply circles with no doorways, believed to be religious symbols associated with the circle of life or . . . — — Map (db m87575) HM
This monument, erected by the Brotherhood of the American Mountain Men, is "dedicated to all Mountain Men known and unknown for their essential part in the opening of the American West." It consists of two busts and six plaques honoring four . . . — — Map (db m91017) HM
On Dead Indian Hill Road (aka Crandall Road) (State Highway 296) near County Road 103, on the right when traveling west.
As a band of Nez Perce Indians out (missing word(s)) and outmaneuver the U.S. Cavalry in the fall of 1877, newspapers picked up on the drama (missing word(s)) headlines read: "Comic Opera, Bungling of Pursuer, Salutes to a Most . . . — — Map (db m190092) HM
On W Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 20) 0.1 miles west of Demaris Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Look to your left and you will see the canyon cut by the Shoshone River. The mountain to the left of the canyon is Cedar Mountain. To the right of Shoshone Canyon you can see Rattlesnake Mountain. The red butte (to the right of Rattlesnake Mt.) is . . . — — Map (db m87565) HM
Near Sheridan Avenue near 8th Street, on the left when traveling west.
Young Buffalo Bill Cody started his famous career with the great freighting firm of Russell, Majors and Waddell as a messenger boy. He became a spectacular Pony Express rider with the same firm and road between Red Buttes and Three Crossings, along . . . — — Map (db m91008) HM
Near W Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 20), on the right when traveling west.
Here on the prairie there are still visible remnants of several old wagon trails dating back to Cody City in the late 1800’s. The first buildings of Cody City were constructed on the nearby plain to the west, although the town was supposed to be . . . — — Map (db m87586) HM
On North Fork Hwy (U.S. 14) 1.2 miles east of Verner Road, on the right when traveling east.
Upstream Cableway Winch
This cableway winch, which was used to install and remove the ball plugs, trash racks, and the bulkhead gate for the left abutment outlet works, dates to the construction of the Shoshone Powerplant in 1922. It was . . . — — Map (db m104002) HM
Near Demaris Drive near West Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 14).
William Gallagher and his friend, Blind Bill, were killed on Meeteese Creek below the old town of Arland in mid-March of 1894. Both men, about thirty, were born during the Civil War period.
Gallagher, who was somewhat of an outlaw, was tall, . . . — — Map (db m91076) HM
Near W Yellowstone Avenue (U.S. 20) 0.1 miles Demaris Drive, on the right when traveling west.
Jan. 4, 1913 Sept. 18, 1992 Grandson of the World-Famous Colonel William F. Cody “Buffalo Bill” Bill Cody was born at Buffalo Bill’s “Scouts Rest Ranch” in North Platte, Nebraska. He died in Cody, Wyoming. He was . . . — — Map (db m87560) HM
On Sheridan Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
We the citizens of the Yellowstone gateway communities whose lives and properties were imperiled by the 1988 Yellowstone fires, hereby express our gratitude to those whose courage, skill and devotion tamed the inferno that devastated over 363,000 . . . — — Map (db m87200) HM
On Beartooth Highway (U.S. 212) 9 miles west of Crandall Road (State Highway 296), on the right when traveling west.
What's So Special About This Spot? Your feet are placed on a line that has played a key role in navigating the earth for over two thousand years! The 45th Parallel is not a visible line but a mapping tool that represents a contour halfway . . . — — Map (db m130266) HM
