Wyoming Historical Landmarks

Wyoming Historic Governor's Mansion illuminated at night, at 300 E. 21st St., Cheyenne, Wyoming

Wyoming Historical Landmarks are a building, structure, site, or place in the U.S. State of Wyoming that has been determined to have statewide historical landmark significance. The list is made by Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites and is noted for its historical importance. Some of the sites are also listed on US National list. ^{[1] [2]}

Wyoming Historical Sites

Name	Locality	Size		Image	Remarks
		acres	ha
Ames Monument	Albany County	8.44	3.42		Pyramid designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, dedicated to Union Pacific Railroad financiers Oakes and Oliver Ames . [3]
Camp Douglas Officers’ Club	Douglas	1.5	0.61		World War II internment camp for prisoners of war [4]
Connor Battlefield	Ranchester	13.2	5.3		Site of the Battle of the Tongue River." [5]
Fort Bonneville	Sublette County	1	0.40		Fortified winter camp and fur trading post stablished in 1832 by Captain Benjamin Bonneville [6] [7]
Fort Bridger	Uinta County	40	16		United States Army outpost during the Utah War [8]
Fort Fetterman	Converse County	60.46	24.47		Ruins of wooden fort constructed in 1867 by the United States Army [9]
Fort Fred Steele	Carbon County	138.5	56.0		Ruins of fort established in 1868 by the United States Army [10]
Fort Phil Kearny	Johnson County	713.06	288.57		United States Army outpost from the 1860s on the Bozeman Trail [11]	added = October 15, 1966 [12]
Fort Reno	Johnson County	14.8	6.0		Site of wooden fortification established in Dakota Territory by the United States Army in 1865 [13]
Granger Stage Station	Granger	1	0.40		Station on the Pony Express (1860-1861) and the Overland Trail [14]
Historic Governors' Mansion	Cheyenne	.46	0.19		Governor's mansion from 1905 to 1976 [14]
Independence Rock	Natrona County	202.93	82.12		Prominent granite landmark for travelers on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails1 [15]
Legend Rock State Archaeological Site	Hot Springs County	30.98	12.54		Near vertical cliff with more than 92 prehistoric petroglyph panels and 300 petroglyph figures [16]
Medicine Lodge State Archeological Site	Big Horn County	200	81		Sandstone cliff with hundreds of Native American petroglyphs and pictographs [17]
Names Hill	Lincoln County	4.25	1.72		Bluff near a crossing on the Green River where travelers on the Oregon and California trails carved their names [18]
Oregon Trail Ruts	Platte County	34.17	13.83		Remnants of the Oregon Trail's westward migration worn into sandstone [19]
Piedmont Charcoal Kilns	Uinta County	.886	0.359		Remnants of the charcoal-making industry in southwestern Wyoming [20]
Platte River Crossing	Carbon County	7	2.8		Point at which the Overland Trail crossed the North Platte River [21]
Point of Rocks Stage Station	Sweetwater County	1	0.40		Meeting point of the Overland Trail and the Union Pacific Railroad [22]
Quebec-One Missile Alert Facility	Laramie County	1	0.40		1962 control center, opened to the public in August 2019 after United States Air Force restoration [23] [24]
Register Cliff	Platte County	.16	0.065		Navigational landmark on the Oregon Trail [25]
South Pass City	Fremont County	345.88	139.97		Surviving "ghost town" on the Oregon Trail [26]
Trail End	Sheridan	3.76	1.52		Mansion of cattleman and politician John B. Kendrick [27]
Woodruff Cabin Site	Hot Springs County	1	0.40		Location of the first European-American settlement in the Big Horn Basin [28]
LX Bar Ranch State Historic Site	Campbell County	50	20		John B. Kendrick ranch (No public access) [29]
Wyoming Territorial Prison	Laramie	197.4	79.9		Federal penitentiary from 1872 to 1890; state prison from 1890 to 1901 [30]

See also

• List of Wyoming state parks
• List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming
• Wyoming Pioneer Memorial Museum
• List of the oldest buildings in Wyoming

References

1. "Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites, & Trails - View Full List of Wyoming Historic Sites". wyoparks.wyo.gov.
2. "Albany County, WY Landmarks and Historic Sites". www.visitlaramie.org.
3. ahcadmin (2016-11-07). "Ames Monument Named National Historic Landmark". American Heritage Center (AHC) #AlwaysArchiving. Retrieved 2023-12-01.
4. "Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites, & Trails - Museum - CAMP DOUGLAS OFFICERS' CLUB". wyoparks.wyo.gov.
5. Hampton, H. D. "The Powder River Expedition 1865" Montana: The Magazine of Western History, Vol. 14, NO. 4 (Autumn 1964), 4
6. "Fort Bonneville". Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
7. Barnhart, Bill (December 19, 1969). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Fort Bonnneville". National Park Service. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
8. Alter, J. Cecil (1962). Jim Bridger. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press.
9. Gannett, Henry (1905). The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States. Govt. Print. Off. pp.  129.
10. Thompson, John (2023-12-02). "Wyoming 'Bridge Nerd' On A Mission To Document State's Historic Bridges". Cowboy State Daily. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
11. "Fort Phil Kearny and Associated Sites". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
12. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
13. . "Fort Reno". Fort Phil Kearny. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved August 19, 2012.
14. "Granger Stage Station Historic Site". wyoparks.wyo.gov. Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites . Retrieved September 21, 2021.
15. "Independence Rock". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-03-22.
16. Legend Rock. Arts. Parks. History. Wyoming State Parks & Cultural Resources, Web. 27 Mar 2011. <http://wyoparks.state.wy.us/Site/Brochure/LegendRock.pdf%5B%5D>.
17. "Medicine Lodge Archaeological Site". Wyoming State Historical Society. November 8, 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
18. Barnhardt, Bill (April 14, 1969). "Names Hill". National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved September 6, 2017. with accompanying map and photo
19. Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails
20. • Piedmont Charcoal Kilns Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
21. Platte River Crossing Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office
22. "Point of Rocks Stage Station State Historic Site". Wyoming Heritage. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
23. "QUEBEC 01 MISSILE ALERT FACILITY READY TO LAUNCH". Wyo Parks. Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
24. "Quebec-One MAF". National Park Service. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
25. Register Cliff; Bill Barnhart; Wyoming Recreation Commission; National Park Service, Washington D.C.; April 3, 1970
26. "Top Stops Along Wyoming's Continental Divide Trail, Subtitle: South Pass City State Historic Site" . Retrieved 2019-10-13.
27. "About Trail End Historic Site". Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites & Trails. State of Wyoming. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
28. Frost, Ned (1969). "J.D. Woodruff Cabin Site". National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
29. "LX Bar Ranch". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. August 1, 2018.
30. "Wyoming State Parks, Historic Sites, & Trails - Wyoming Territorial Prison". wyoparks.wyo.gov.