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The ranch's builder, Thomas Du Beau Soleil (Tom Sun), was a French-Canadian frontiersman who later became a pioneer cattleman. [2] During the 1870s and 1880s, the ranch was typical of many medium-sized ranching operations in cattle country.
Broken Trail is a 2006 Western television miniseries directed by Walter Hill and starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church. [1] Written by Alan Geoffrion, who also wrote the novel, [2] the story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses from Oregon to Wyoming to sell them to the British Army.
This became a station on the Pony Express in 1860-1861, then was a station on the Overland Trail in 1862. By this time it was known as the South Bend Station. In 1868 the trail was superseded when the Union Pacific Railroad arrived at the site. The station was deeded to the State of Wyoming in 1930. It is operated as a state historic site. [3]
The list of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming contains the landmarks designated by the U.S. Federal Government located in the U.S. state of Wyoming. There are 28 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Wyoming. The first designated were two on December 19, 1960; the latest was on December 11, 2023.
Coming from Wyoming, the Oregon Trail reached the Snake River at Fort Hall, Idaho, and stayed south of the river until Three Island Crossing near modern-day Glenns Ferry. [116] Here the trail diverged, with the northern route fording the river to reach the HBC trading post at Fort Boise while the southern route continued into what is now the ...
Wyoming Will Be Your New Home: Ranching, Farming, and Homesteading in Wyoming, 1860–1960 (Cheyenne: Wyoming State Parks and Cultural Resources, 2011) 342 pp. Cassity, Michael. Lives Worth Living, History Worth Preserving Wyoming: A Brief History of Wyoming 1860 - 1960 (2010) Cassity, Michael.
Wyoming National Forest will be renamed Bridger National Forest on March 10, 1941.) January 1: William B. Ross takes office as the twelfth Governor of State of Wyoming. 1922: May 1: The Town of Glendo is incorporated. [8] April 15: Wyoming U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick introduces a resolution calling for an investigation into the Teapot Dome ...
This is a list of bridges and tunnels on the National Register of Historic Places in the U.S. state of Wyoming. [1] Of the 41 bridges listed only 15 still exist. Name