I did a 3 month job at a sawmill in Laramie. There is a back road from Laramie to Cheyenne called 9th street. If ever in the area check it out. It has amazing rock formations and is like going into another world compared to the prairie. The old stone prison in Laramie is a must see also. If you have time there was a train ride you could take from Laramie to the top of the Snow Range, very cool. On my way there I stopped in Platte and stayed at Wolf's Inn. Preserved perfectly and still in operation. Well at least in the late 80's. Medicine Bow glacier at 11,400 ft. is a beautiful drve around 45 minutes out of Laramie. The entire are is rich in history.
The wildlife was not hunted out of existence, they burned sage and cow poop for cooking. The trees were gone 10,000 years ago after the last ice age. The high desert looks today very much as it did in the 1840’s.
Robert, I appreciate your comment. The desert, as in just south and west of South Pass probably does look much as it did before. Other areas were, according to sources, different. More cottonwood trees along the streams and a lot more grass. My information on this comes from diaries and that accounts of the Indian agents (and Washakie himself) who specifically pointed out the changes to the environment along the trail. For instance, people noted regularly that there was not enough grass for their livestock.
Drifting goose [ magabobdu] the last free hunkpati Dakota sioux leader during the 1870's. He never allowed American settlers in the James River valley north of Redfield County SD untouched land. Drifting goose with his warriors led non violence raiding parties against the American settlers and rail road survivors by causing to much trouble! The us government wanted Drifting goose to leave his land! Finally by the spring of 1880 the peaceful Dakota sioux chief led his last free proud hunkpati Dakota sioux people to the crow creek sioux Indian reservation at old Fort Thompson SD were his descents live today. Drifting goose never signed a treaty with the us government. The Aberdeen SD news paper called him the last resistance of his people.
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Never stop. Wyoming and all it’s history never cease to amaze me. Love your work.
Nice video, Sam!
I did a 3 month job at a sawmill in Laramie. There is a back road from Laramie to Cheyenne called 9th street. If ever in the area check it out. It has amazing rock formations and is like going into another world compared to the prairie. The old stone prison in Laramie is a must see also. If you have time there was a train ride you could take from Laramie to the top of the Snow Range, very cool. On my way there I stopped in Platte and stayed at Wolf's Inn. Preserved perfectly and still in operation. Well at least in the late 80's. Medicine Bow glacier at 11,400 ft. is a beautiful drve around 45 minutes out of Laramie. The entire are is rich in history.
I know that area. The local name is "The Hogbacks."
All being well, I will be there next year.
3rd generation Wyomingite. Love this place! Thanks for the history of my home.
The wildlife was not hunted out of existence, they burned sage and cow poop for cooking. The trees were gone 10,000 years ago after the last ice age. The high desert looks today very much as it did in the 1840’s.
Robert, I appreciate your comment. The desert, as in just south and west of South Pass probably does look much as it did before. Other areas were, according to sources, different. More cottonwood trees along the streams and a lot more grass. My information on this comes from diaries and that accounts of the Indian agents (and Washakie himself) who specifically pointed out the changes to the environment along the trail. For instance, people noted regularly that there was not enough grass for their livestock.
Drifting goose [ magabobdu] the last free hunkpati Dakota sioux leader during the 1870's. He never allowed American settlers in the James River valley north of Redfield County SD untouched land. Drifting goose with his warriors led non violence raiding parties against the American settlers and rail road survivors by causing to much trouble! The us government wanted Drifting goose to leave his land! Finally by the spring of 1880 the peaceful Dakota sioux chief led his last free proud hunkpati Dakota sioux people to the crow creek sioux Indian reservation at old Fort Thompson SD were his descents live today. Drifting goose never signed a treaty with the us government. The Aberdeen SD news paper called him the last resistance of his people.
Good info.
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