Some Gave All

Today In Wyoming's History: The grave of Alvah H. Unthank :  The grave of Alvah H. Unthank Alvah H. Unthank was a 19-year-old pioneer tr...

This memorial, as I've noted on our companion Wyoming history blog, was dedicated on July 5, 1920 .  It was rededicated by the Daught...

Monument for the Lander Cut Off of the Oregon Trail, an early road project on the part of the Federal Government.  This is located ...

The Ice Slough, or what I used to always hear people around here refer it by, the "Icey Slough".

This is a State of Wyoming monument to the Little Sandy Crossing in Sweetwater County, near Farson.   

There's a highway rest station on top of Beaver Rim at Sweetwater Station that I've stopped in a million times, but I've neve...

This is a Mormon Pioneer Memorial at the rest stop in Lyman, Wyoming.  It was obviously originally a private memorial and was likely m...

These are two markers noting the location, in Albany County, where the Overland Trail passed by the current town of Laramie. The O...

These monuments, within about 100 yards of each other, commemorate the Oregon Trail and the Parting of the Ways...

This is Pioneer Plaza, in Casper Wyoming. The small park is dedicated to the memory of pioneers.  The park is across the street from both...