Historical Markers and War Memorials in Ten Sleep, Wyoming
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Ten Sleep is in Washakie County
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You are standing at the bottom of Ten Sleep Canyon near the western edge of the Big Horn Mountains. These steep rocky cliffs were the native territory of the Bighorn sheep. Disease and the activities of humans and livestock have led to their . . . — — Map (db m97885) HM
Below you are the waters of Meadowlark Lake, a popular recreation area on the Bighorn National Forest.
Meadowlark Lake was created by the construction of a dam by Company 841 of the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1936. From April 1934, when the . . . — — Map (db m97888) HM
Dedicated to the men trapped in Shoshone Forest Fire August 21, 1937 Died in the line of duty Foremen James A Saban · Paul E. Tyrrell Enrollees Clyde Allen · Mack T. Mayabb · Roy Bevens · George R. Rodgers · Ambrocio Garza · . . . — — Map (db m153244) HM
Fire detection and suppression have been priority work for The United States Forest Service from its beginning in 1905. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Forest Service began building access roads, communication systems, and received equipment and . . . — — Map (db m154040)
At the rim above Tensleep Canyon is the Leigh Creek Monument, erected in 1889 in memory of English nobleman Gilbert E. Leigh. Leigh, a lifelong big game hunter and outdoor enthusiast, went missing in the fall of 1884 during a hunting expedition. . . . — — Map (db m97886) HM
Cattlemen of the Big Horn Basin dominated the range for many years and set up boundaries or "deadlines" where sheep were forbidden. Fierce animosity grew between the opposing sheep and cattle ranchers as several sheep camps were raided during the . . . — — Map (db m97863) HM
Dedicated to those men from the Ten Sleep Area who gave their lives in service of their country
James Morgareidge • Lyle Williams • Larry Rosetti • Parker Boyle • Ernest LaRose • Marvin Waln • Charles Rhodes • Lester Daugherty • Clinton C. . . . — — Map (db m97884) WM
Ages ago, these mountains were deep within the Earth’s crust, and the area that is known today as the Bighorn Mountains was a basic. Beginning about 75 million years ago the land began to slowly rise above the sea bed reaching an elevation of nearly . . . — — Map (db m97887) HM
