Historical Marker
Texas Trail
Niobrara County · Wyoming
Erected by Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming, 1940
The small plate at the monument's foot covers a time capsule. Before the stone was dedicated in August 1940, twenty-seven written histories of local organizations and institutions were sealed beneath that plate and cemented in place. The plate itself names its maker, Bill Harwood, a captain in the Wyoming Highway Patrol. The Lusk Lions Club drove the project with the stock growers, the state Landmark Commission and local stockmen, and Earl Peet supervised the building. The trail here met the old Cheyenne-Deadwood route at the site of Lusk.
What the plaque says
Texas Trail Texas to Montana 1876 to 1897 Along this trail passed herds of cattle from distant Texas to replace in Wyoming and Montana the fast vanishing buffalo and build civilization on the northwestern plains Dedicated by the Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming 1940
Where it stands
42.74709, -104.38836 · Directions
More markers nearby
- The C & H Refinery — 3.5 mi
- Lusk Rest Area — 4.8 mi
- Cheyenne-Deadwood Trail — 4.8 mi
- Rawhide Buttes — 9.7 mi