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Throw Back Thursdays #TBT is a weekly social media post that tells local historical stories, highlights elements from current SCLT historical projects, and/or announces upcoming historical activities.
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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 [...]
TBT – Stagecoach Routes – Pass Post Office
On this #TBT, let’s continue down old stage roads to Pass, Wyoming. This information comes from a sign originally placed by the Sheridan County Historic Preservation Commission about one-half mile west of the intersection on Pass Creek Road and Wyoming Highway 345 near Parkman. Pass Post Office was established alongside the stage road in [...]
TBT – Stagecoach Routes – Bingham Post Office and Stage Station
On this #TBT, we continue exploring the historic stage roads of Sheridan County through a series of signs created by the Sheridan County Historic Preservation Commission. This sign, “Bingham Post Office and Stage Station,” was placed on the north side of US Highway 14 about halfway between Ranchester and Dayton. It no longer stands. [...]
TBT – Stagecoach Routes – Mail Routes and Service
On this #TBT, we continue our exploration of the historic stage roads of Sheridan County. This week’s post comes from a sign originally placed by the Sheridan County Historic Preservation Commission at Keystone Road and South Dry Creek a decade ago. This segment of the Rock Creek to Montana stage road between the Union [...]
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 [...]
TBT – Sibley Scouts
On this #TBT, we look to the Bighorn Mountains and imagine a fast-moving, three-day game of cat and mouse across steep, rocky terrain. This was the experience of a group known as the Sibley Scouts. The peace achieved by 1868’s Fort Laramie Treaty was broken as a rush of prospectors flooded into Indian [...]
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