Albany County, Wyoming Monuments and Markers are markers, signs, and plaques installed at important historical sites in Albany County, Wyoming. The historical markers were installed by the State of Wyoming, nonprofit organizations, and private parties. For the state, different departments have participated in the program including: Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites, the Wyoming Department of Transportation, and Wyoming Office of Tourism. The State of Wyoming has one of the oldest sign and marker programs in the United States. The oldest marker is in Albany County was built in 1875, the Ames Monument. [1] [2]
City | Landmark name | location | notes |
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Buford | Ames Monument | 209 Monument Road 41°7′52″N105°23′53″W / 41.13111°N 105.39806°W | Commissioned by the Union Pacific Railroad, The First transcontinental railroad marker, National Historic Landmark [3] [4] |
Buford | Old Sherman Cemetery | 823 Hermosa Road | Used from 1867 to about 1880, The town of Sherman was a Union Pacific station at the highest elevation point of 8,247’ feet. [5] [6] |
Buford | Lonetree on the Laramie Range | I-80 center of I-80 41°08′01″N105°20′48″W / 41.1337°N 105.346767°W | Highest point of the railroad's route. Multiple markers at site [7] |
Buford | Tree in the Rock | I-80 center of road 41°08′01″N105°20′48″W / 41.1337°N 105.3467°W | Tree by the Union Pacific Railroad in 1868. [8] |
Buford | Sherman Mountains | I-80 center of road 41°08′02″N105°20′48″W / 41.133767°N 105.3467°W | Natural features of the erosion of the Sherman Mountains [9] |
Buford | The Gangplank | I-80 service road 41°05′56″N105°06′45″W / 41.0988°N 105.1125°W | Natural features of the Gangplank, granite rock pass used by the First transcontinental railroad and now the I-80 also. [10] [11] |
Centennial | Centennial Depot | WY 130 in Centennial | Built in 1907, now the Nici Self Historical Museum. Multiple markers at site. [12] |
Jelm | Woods Landing Dance Hall | Intersection of Hansen's Road and WY Hwy 1 | Scandinavian log Dance Hall, National Register of Historic Places [13] |
Laramie | Methodist Episcopal Church | 150 N. 2nd Street | Built in 1869, oldest church building in Wyoming. [14] [15] |
Laramie | Laramie vigilantes at 407 S. 2nd Street | 407 S. 2nd Street | Vigilantes event on October 18, 1868 [16] [17] |
Laramie | Laramie Train Depot | 600 S. 1st Street | Laramie Railroad Depot was built in 1924 to replace the town's original Union Pacific Depot/Hotel that was destroyed by fire in 1917. The depot has a museum and park. Multiple markers at site [18] |
Laramie | First Woman Jury | Depot Park 320 S. 1st Street | Site where the first woman jury served in March 1870 [19] [20] |
Laramie | Abraham Lincoln Memorial Monument | Intersection of I-80 and Highway 210 On I-80 16 miles east of Laramie | Monument commemorates the sesquicentennial of Lincoln's birthday. Mutiple marker at site [21] [22] |
Laramie | Henry B. Joy Monument | Summit Rest Area, Lincoln Monument | A Lincoln Highway marker about Henry B. Joy [23] |
Laramie | Henry Bourne Joy and the Lincoln Highway | Lincoln Monument Rest Stop | A Lincoln Highway marker [24] |
Laramie | Gateway to the Rockies | Lincoln Monument 41°14′13″N105°26′09″W / 41.236833°N 105.435817°W | At Lincoln Monument Rest Stop [25] |
Laramie | Ranching from the High Point | Lincoln Monument Rest Stop | Marks large sheep and cattle herds from the mid 1800s into the 1900s. [26] |
Laramie | Purple Heart Trail | Abraham Lincoln Memorial | The Purple Heart Trail Medal marker [27] |
Laramie | Telephone Canyon | Lincoln Monument Rest Stop | The first conversation over this line was held in 1882 [28] [29] |
Laramie | Bath Ranch | Herrick Lane (Hwy 12) and I-80 41°23′43″N105°49′34″W / 41.3953°N 105.8262°W | A National Register of Historic Places, one of the first ranches in Albany County. [30] |
Laramie | Bronze Statue of Washakie | 1649 Grand Avenue | Bronze sculpture of Chief Washakie at Battle of Crowheart Butte [31] [32] |
Laramie | Big Laramie Stage Station | 506 Wyoming Highway 230 11 miles southeast of Laramie | Started in 1849 Overland Trail into Wyoming, historic crossing [33] [34] |
Laramie | Old Overland Trail | 822 WY-230 41°14′56″N105°42′51″W / 41.2490°N 105.7141°W | Old Overland Trail 1862 - 1868 [35] |
Laramie | Commemorating Women of Laramie | Wyoming Women's History House, 317 S 2nd Street | Laramie women who served first on a jury in March 1870 and the Suffrage Act of 1869 Multiple markers at site [36] [37] |
Laramie | Wyoming Territorial Prison | 975 Snowy Range Road | A National Register of Historic Places, Multiple markers at site [38] [39] |
Laramie | Ivinson Mansion | 603 E Ivinson Avenue | Houses the Laramie Plains Museum. Multiple markers at site [40] |
Laramie | Fort Sanders | Intersection of US 287 and Cavalryman Ranch Road 41°16′06″N105°35′45″W / 41.26840°N 105.5957°W | Used from 1866-1882 on the emigrant trails [41] |
Laramie | Laramie and Union Pacific Railroad | 1502 S 3rd Street | Laramie was founded in 1868 upon the arrival of the Union Pacific Railroad [42] |
Laramie | Laramie Timeline | 301 South First Street | Historic Laramie Timeline embedded in a patio [43] |
Laramie | Fort Sanders Guardhouse | 151 S Kiowa Street | Fort Sanders Established September 5, 1866 Abandoned May 18, 1882 Named after Brigadier General William P. Sanders a National Register of Historic Places [44] |
Laramie | Steen Gronlund | 1855 W Curtis Street | Steen Gronlund, Citizen Driver. 49 years on the road include 5.34 million accident-free miles. [45] |
Laramie | The Franchise | 321 South Second Street | Right of women to vote in 1869 [46] |
Laramie | The Overland Trail | 3184 Snowy Range Road | Overland Trail started in 1825 by William Ashley and the Rocky Mountain Fur Company [35] |
Medicine Bow | Albany County Train Robberies | Hwy 30 41°51′54″N106°04′24″W / 41.8649°N 106.0732°W | June 2, 1899 the Union Pacific Overland robbed [47] |
Medicine Bow | Dinosaur Graveyard | Hwy 30 41°51′54″N106°04′24″W / 41.8649°N 106.0732°W | About Como Bluff fossil beds of dinosaurs [48] |
Medicine Bow | Geologic Sign | Libby Flats off Hwy 30 | Medicine Bow Mountains geology on Snowy Range Scenic Byway [49] |
Rock River | Rock Creek trail | 4000 County Road 67 | Rock Creek on the trail from Fort Halleck and Fort Laramie [50] |
Tie Siding | The Overland Stage Line | 36292 U.S Highway 287 | The Overland Stage Line from 1862 to 1868 crossed the Colorado-Wyoming boundary line [51] |