Natronan County High School Vietnam War Memorial, Natrona County Library

This memorial, in the Natrona County Wyoming public library, lists the names of Natrona County High School alumni killed during the Vietnam War. The memorial consists of a photograph of Natrona County High School and the names of the servicemen.

St. Anthony's Parishoner's World War Two Memorial

This photograph depicts the St. Anthony's World War Two parishioner's memorial, listing the names of those member of the Parish killed during World War Two.

115th Cavalry Regiment Armory Monument, Casper Wyoming

This unusual monument commerates the 115th Cavalry Regiment's armory in Casper, Wyoming. The Wyoming Army National Guard armory was built in 1930 and was one of several housing individual units of the National Guard's 115th Cavalry Regiment. After the Korean War the unit later housed the HHB 3d Bn 49th FA until some date in the 1970s. The building then passed into the ownership of Casper College, and it was ultimately torn down in 1987. This monument stands in a park where party of the armory's grounds were located.

Photographs of the armory are also located here. More about the 115th Cavalry Regiment, which was federalized in 1940 and served in World War Two, can be found on the Society of the Military Horse website, a link to which is provided in our link list.

Photographs of the armory coming down are provided below.

USS Barbel, SS316, Submarine Memorial, Oregon Trail Veterans Cemetery, Natrona County, Wyoming

This is a memorial to the USS Barbel, a lost submarine from World War Two. The memorial is located at the Oregon Trail Veterans Cemetery south of Evansville, Wyoming.

The memorial is a surprising one for a Wyoming memorial, and I don't know what, if any, connection this submarine had with the state.

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Richard's Bridge Cemetary Mausoleum, Evansville Wyoming

This mausoleum was built when at least part of the cemetery of the military post at Richards Bridge was located at the time Evansville, Wyoming built a water plant near the river. The former location of the Frontier Era bridge across the North Platte had not been precisely known up until that time. When three bodies, believed to be the bodies of two soldiers and one woman, were disinterred they were reburied here, on the grounds of the Evansville grade school. The school grounds were the only nearby public land at the time.

This creates a very odd situation in a variety of ways and the mausoleum is not well maintained. While worse fates could exists than spending eternity near a grade school, it is generally the case that the Army has recovered the lost remains of Frontier Era soldiers when they were located, and it would seem that moving these victims of Frontier conditions would be a positive thing to do.

Mills Memorial Park, Mills Wyoming

The Mills Memorial Park commemorates Lt. Caspar Collins, who was killed in the 1865 Battle of Platte Bridge Station, and the bridge and Mormon ferry that was located about 1.5 miles from the park.

Fremont County All Wars Memorial

All wars memorial, Fremont County Wyoming.

These photographs were taken in two groups, which is probably obvious. The more recent ones depict the completed monument.

War Memorial, Weston County Courthouse

All wars memorial to Weston County Wyoming war dead.

Society of the Military Horse • View topic - A soggy view of the Tongue River Battlefield

Society of the Military Horse • View topic - A soggy view of the Tongue River Battlefield

Probably quite a few of you are familiar with the 1865 Battle of Tongue River in Northern Wyoming (the Connor Battle), inwhich Gen. Patrick Connor's troops attacked the Arapaho on the TongueRiver. The battle was not a military success, as Connor was initiallyable to drive the Arapaho band back and take the village, but was soonrepulsed. He was not overrun as he had howitzers that he was able touse to keep the counterattacking Arapaho back. The Arapaho band was actually not at war with the US, but Connor was not aware that he was attacking a peaceful band.

Anyhow, I was up in that country today and had some late day spare time. Having never seen the battleground, I drove over to it. I found that it is quite near the Interstate Highway, and could easily have viewed it.

I have to say, it was a bit of a disappointment as the State has built a campground and park right in the battlefield, and the battlefield is basically in the town of Ranchester, a very small village north of Sheridan.

As it happened, the Tongue River is flooding, so the view I received wasn't even remotely similar to that which Connor's troops viewed in August 1856, nor is it at all the conditions in which the Arapahos had camped. None the less, I have to say that it's a surprising battlefield, being in a flat river valley as it is.

Of course, for that matter, so is Little Big Horn. . . some 80 or so miles north of this battlefield.