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The People Who Shaped Our History
TBT – Stagecoach Routes – Big Horn Blacksmith Shop
On this #TBT, we highlight the historic Big Horn Blacksmith Shop. The information comes from a sign created by the Sheridan County Historic Preservation Commission and placed near the intersection of Johnson and Creighton Streets. Big Horn grew up as one of the main communities along the stage route in Sheridan County. The first [...]
TBT – Dana Ave. – Tongue River Water Trail
For this #TBT, we continue our journey down the Tongue River Water Trail, checking out SCLT’s recently installed signs which highlight historic events, themes, and figures nearby. Come ashore with us at Dana Avenue to learn about the history of Thorne Rider Park. Thorne-Rider Stadium was established after Count Frederic Thorne-Rider tuned into a [...]
TBT – West Works St. – Tongue River Water Trail
For this #TBT, we continue our journey down the Tongue River Water Trail, checking out SCLT’s recently installed signs which highlight historic events, themes, and figures nearby. After some slow meanders around the looping oxbows of Big Goose Creek, we find ourselves at the footbridge on West Works St. Henry Held homesteaded this area [...]
The Places That Hold Our History
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part III
On this #TBT, we return to our series on the adventures of Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians in the Powder River Basin and Big Horn Mountains. Wilson Price Hunt (1783 – 1842) was one the earliest pioneers and adventurers in what would eventually become Oregon. Representing John Jacob Astor’s interests in the fur [...]
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part II
On this #TBT, we time-travel more than 200 years into the past and join the trail of the first large-scale overland expedition to the Pacific by non-Native Americans since the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Wilson Price Hunt (1783 – 1842) was one the earliest pioneers and adventurers in what would eventually become Oregon. Representing [...]
TBT – Wilson P. Hunt and the Astorians Part I
On this #TBT, we time-travel more than 200 years into the past and join the trail of the first large-scale overland expedition to the Pacific by non-Native Americans since the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Wilson Price Hunt (1783 – 1842) was one the earliest pioneers and adventurers in what would eventually become Oregon. Representing [...]
The Events That Tell Our History
TBT – Trabing Creek; The Trabing Bros, O. P. Hanna, and the James Gang
On this #TBT, we focus in on a little-known historic connection between the legendary Trabing Brothers freighting empire and Sheridan County. Augustus and Charles Trabing arrived in Laramie in the summer of 1868 as experienced merchants, ranchers, and freighters. Born in Germany, they had arrived in the US in 1853 when “Gus” was eleven [...]
TBT – Padlock Ranch – Tongue River Water Trail
Recently, SCLT installed signs along the Tongue River Water Trail which highlight historic events, themes, and figures nearby. On this #TBT, we pull in our paddles and pause at the Padlock Ranch to learn about cattle drives and the start of ranching history. Routes to move cattle and take advantage of the open range [...]
TBT – Skirmish at Tongue River Heights
On this #TBT, we remember the often overlooked skirmish at Tongue River Heights. On Friday, June 9, 1876, Brig. Gen. George Crook’s Big Horn and Yellowstone Expedition had been camped in a stand of cottonwood trees at the confluence of Tongue River and Prairie Dog Creek for two days. Waiting for the return of [...]
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