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82840. GNIS feature ID. 1604592 [1] Saddlestring is an unincorporated community in northwestern Johnson County, Wyoming, United States, on the eastern edge of the Bighorn National Forest. It lies along local roads northwest of the city of Buffalo, the county seat of Johnson County. [2] Saddlestring possessed its own post office from 1946 to ...
The Wind River Indian Reservation is the seventh-largest American Indian reservation in the United States by area and the fifth-largest [6] by population. The land area is approximately 2.2 million acres (3,438 sq mi; 8,903 km 2 ), and the total area (land and water) is 3,532.01 square miles (9,147.9 km 2 ).
The Laurance S. Rockefeller (LSR) Preserve is a 1,106 acres (448 ha) refuge within Grand Teton National Park on the southern end of Phelps Lake, Wyoming. The site was originally known as the JY Ranch, a dude ranch. Starting in 1927, John D. Rockefeller Jr. purchased much of the land in Jackson Hole for the creation of Jackson Hole National ...
Independence Rock is a large granite rock, approximately 130 feet (40 m) high, 1,900 feet (580 m) long, and 850 feet (260 m) wide, which is in southwestern Natrona County, Wyoming along Wyoming Highway 220. During the middle of the 19th century, it formed a prominent and well-known landmark on the Oregon, Mormon, and California emigrant trails.
Red Desert (Wyoming) Coordinates: 41°49′29″N 108°17′12″W. The Killpecker Sand Dunes of the Red Desert support a wide range of wildlife and vegetation, ranging from elk who use the adjoining sagebrush steppe for shelter to aquatic organisms that thrive in snowmelt ponds. Photo by the Bureau of Land Management.
There are 28 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in Wyoming. The first designated were two on December 19, 1960; the latest was on December 11, 2023. / 41.131111°N 105.398056°W / 41.131111; -105.398056 ( Ames Monument) A pivotal and highly significant work in the career of Henry Hobson Richardson. [3]
A separate facility patronized by the Cheyenne was established in Caddo Springs. But, the Cheyenne and Arapaho could find little work, even for Carlisle graduates who returned to the reservation. The Indian agent's promising attempt to build a cattle herd was ended when the Office of Indian Affairs commanded distribution of the herd.
04001089. Added to NRHP. November 26, 2004 [1] The Snake River Ranch, near Wilson, Wyoming, is the largest deeded ranch in the Jackson Hole area. The ranch buildings are grouped into three complexes comprising headquarters, residential and shop complexes. The ranch combined two neighboring homesteads and was first owned by advertising executive ...