Showing posts with label Converse County Wyoming. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Converse County Wyoming. Show all posts

Sunday, September 27, 2015

James Bridger's Ferry


This is one of Wyoming's many roadside monuments that's not longer really road side.

This monument is on the old highway that ran from Orin Junction to Wheatland.  When the Interstate was built, Orin Junction was bypassed and for that matter, the Interstate zips through, not into, Wheatland.  Many such monuments exist, a few of which are now completely marooned.

This one commemorates Jim Bridger's ferry across the North Platte River, which was placed in 1864.



A Burlington Norther Railroad Bridge, which itself isn't youthful, very near where the ferry once was.

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Sharp, Franklin, Taylor, Doe, and Kelly, and the bloody 1860s






A marker locating the spot where various Oregon Trail immigrants lost their lives during the Indian Wars of the early 1860s, which were coincident with the Civil War.  This spot is along Interstate 25 in Converse County, Wyoming.  Some pipeline work was going on at the time, which doesn't contribute to the overall scene in this picture.