List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming

The list of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming includes all 24 objects and sites in the US state of Wyoming that have been designated as National Historic Landmarks by the National Register of Historic Places .

Legend

NHL	National Historic Landmark
NHLD	National Historic Landmark District

Current NHLs in Wyoming

	Name of the site	image	year	place	county	description
1	Expedition Iceland		November 24, 1968	Green River	Sweetwater	Expedition Island is a park in Green River that designates the site where Major John Wesley Powell began his expedition along the Green and Colorado Rivers in 1871 .
2	Fort DA Russell		May 15, 1975	Cheyenne	Laramie	The fort was established in 1867 to protect the workers involved in building the Union Pacific Railroad . In 1871 it was the base of the Pawnee Scout Battalion (soldiers).
3	Fort Phil Kearny and Associated Sites		December 19, 1960	story	Johnson	Fort Phil Kearny was a United States Army base during the late 1860s in what is now northeastern Wyoming on the Bozeman Trail .
4th	Fort Yellowstone		31 Jul 2003	Yellowstone National Park	park	Fort Yellowstone is a former United States Army base that was established in 1888 to observe the park. The fort is to be expanded to become the administrative center of Yellowstone National Park .
5	Heart Mountain Relocation Center		20 Sep 2006	Ralston	park	A camp for interning Americans of Japanese descent during World War II.
6th	Horner site		20th Jan 1961	Cody	park	Non-public site with artefacts from a Stone Age culture, 5000 BC Chr.
7th	Independence Rock		20th Jan 1961	Casper	Natrona	Independence Rock is a large granite boulder, about 40 m high, a landmark on the Oregon Trail and California Trail in southwestern Natrona County.
8th	Jackson Lake Lodge		31 Jul 2003	Grand Teton National Park	Tetons	The lodge was designed by architect Gilbert Stanley Underwood and completed in 1955, the international style represents a break with the previous rustic architecture of the national park administration.
9	Lake Guernsey State Park		25 Sep 1997	guernsey	plate	Most of the state park buildings were built by the Civilian Conservation Corps .
10	Lake Hotel		15th Apr 2015	Yellowstone National Park	Tetons	A hotel built in 1891 on the north shore of Yellowstone Lake .
11	Medicine Wheel / Medicine Mountain		29th Aug 1970	Lovell	Big horn	A medicine wheel of the Plains Indians that was worshiped and used for healing.
12	Murie Ranch Historic District		17th Feb 2006	Grand Teton National Park	Tetons	A group of farmhouses in Grand Teton National Park that belonged to conservationist Olaus Murie , wife Margaret Murie, scientist Adolph Murie, and wife Louise in the 1940s .
13	Norris, Madison, and Fishing Bridge Museums		May 28, 1987	Yellowstone National Park 44 ° 43 ′ 27.3 "  N , 110 ° 42 ′ 20.8"  W.	Teton and Park	Three museums along National Park Service Rustic style routes in Yellowstone National Park .
14th	Obsidian Cliff		19 Jun 1996	Yellowstone National Park	park	Obsidian exposure (volcanic glass). Quarrying site for them people in prehistoric times.
15th	Old Faithful Inn		May 28, 1987	Yellowstone National Park 44 ° 27 ′ 28.2 "  N , 110 ° 49 ′ 49.1"  W.	Tetons	A hotel of the National Park Service at Old Faithful in a rustic wood style.
16	Oregon Trail Ruts		May 23, 1966	guernsey	plate	A 0.5 mile section of the Oregon Trail with draft animal and wagon tracks.
17th	JC Penney Historic District		Jun 2, 1978	Kemmerer	Lincoln	Buildings associated with James Cash Penney 's establishment of JC Penney department store .
18th	Sheridan Inn		Jan 29, 1964	Sheridan 44 ° 48 ′ 24.6 "  N , 106 ° 57 ′ 12"  W.	Sheridan	The hotel run by Buffalo Bill .
19th	South Pass		20th Jan 1961	South Pass City	Fremont	This was the easiest pass over the Rocky Mountains ( Continental Divide ) in the 19th century, used by American pioneers , fur traders and mountain farmers .
20th	Swan Land and Cattle Company Head- quarters		19 Jul 1964	Chugwater	plate	The buildings that still exist today include a ranch house, barn and grocery store for this company founded in Scotland in 1883 .
21st	Tom Sun Ranch		19th Dec 1960	Casper	Carbon and Natrona	This was a typical medium-sized farm during the 1870s and 1880s. Tom Sun was a French-Canadian cattle farmer and pioneer.
22nd	Union Pacific Railroad Depot		Feb 15, 2006	Cheyenne	Laramie	Train station and associated buildings.
23	Upper Green River Rendezvous Site		5th Nov 1961	Daniel	Sublet	From 1833 to 1840 the place of regular, rendezvous , fur trade meetings, on the Green River .
24	Wapiti Ranger Station		May 23, 1963	Wapiti 44 ° 27 '50 "  N , 109 ° 36" 58.1 "  W.	park	First US Forest Service Park Ranger Station.
25th	Wyoming State Capitol		May 4th 1987	Cheyenne 41 ° 8 ′ 23.4 "  N , 104 ° 49 ′ 11.7"  W.	Laramie	The current Capitol of the US state Wyoming.

Automatically a National Historic Landmark due to the memorial's status:

• Fort Laramie National Historic Site

See also

State parks in Wyoming

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} List of National Historic Landmarks in Wyoming . National Park Service , accessed October 27, 2017.
2. ↑ NPS website, March 2009: NPS-gov-842 ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
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4. ↑ NPS website, March 2009: NPS-gov-32 ** ( Memento of the original from July 28, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
5. ↑ NPS website, March 2009: NPS-gov-567 ( memento of the original from June 26, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
6. ↑ NPS website, March 2009: NPS-gov-566 ( Memento of the original from April 3, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 
7. ↑ National Park Service: Murie Ranch - National Park Week: National Register of Historic Places Celebrates National Park . 2007. Accessed December 16, 2007.
8. ↑ NPS website, March 2009: NPS-gov-569 ( memento of the original from June 26, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . 

Web links

Commons : National Historic Landmarks of Wyoming  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• National Historic Landmark Program - National Park Service
• Lists of National Historic Landmarks (in English)