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Wyoming State Historical Society
1999 Annual Trek
LARAMIE, HUB OF FRONTIER TRANSPORTATION
June 18-19-20, 1999

Hosted by the Albany County Chapter of the WSHS
Laramie, Wyoming

Co-Chairmen:
Elnora Frye, President, 1988-March 1999
Amy Lawrence
Dr. Wm. H. "Bud" Moore, President, March 1999-March 2000

Dedicated to the memory of Walter Edens,
who traveled every mile of the Overland Trail

FRIDAY: June 18 American Heritage Center
10:00am - 4:00pm	CHECK IN - PICK UP TREK PACKETS - BOOK FAIR with "Swap Tables"
2:30pm - 4:30pm	State Historical Society Business Meetings
	"ON-YOUR-OWN TOURS" American Heritage Center and Art Museum: Visit Special fossil exhibit - no charge University of Wyoming Campus: Walk or campus bus - map and schedule provided Laramie Plains Museum: Outstanding pioneer museum housed in Ivinson Mansion - $4 fee Territorial Prison: Visit the Territorial Penitentiary, Marshal's Museum, Old Town - $8 fee Centennial: Mining town at the foot of the Medicine Bows that dates back to 1875 - browse giftshops and visit the Nici Self museum which will be open from 1:00 to 6:00 for our Trekkers. This pioneer museum is housed in the original Centennial depot for the "Hahns Peak" railroad, exhibits include a caboose, ranch, mining and timber vehicles, tools and memorabilia. Donations accepted.
5:15pm -	Welcoming speech - Bud Moore Nici Self Museum, Centennial
5:30pm -	"A Mostly Truthful History of Centennial and the Laramie, Hahn's Peak and Pacific Railroad" Talk by Jane Houston, Secretary of the Centennial Valley Historical Assiciation
6:00pm -	Social Hour (Cash Bar) - Trading Post, Centennial
7:00pm -	Pig Roast - Trading Post, Centennial
SATURDAY: June 19
7:00am - 7:30am	Continental Breakfast, American Heritage Center
7:30am - 7:45am	Board busses for Trek - AHC parking lot - (cars may be left here) Busses proceed to State Hiway 230 - Narrators describe points of interest
8:05am - 9:15am	Marge Richardson's Overland Trail Ranch. This site, the original Big Laramie Stage Station of the Overland trail is on the National Historic Register. Visit the "corduroy road", which was used to bridge the slough near the Big Laramie Crossing; the "Polo Barn", a remnant of the era of the English ranches, a "tie hack's cabin from the Fox Park area and and interesting island. Marge Richarson, Speaker NOTE: From this point the Trekkers travel on or near the Overland Trail for nearly 50 miles. The Trail lies about 4 miles east of the Big Hollow Road and bends into the Little Laramie crossing near the end of Mandel Lane. From there it parallels or intertwines with the Dutton Creek Road (named the Overland Trail Road on old maps), which in turn lies close to I-80 and thence to the Rock Creek Stage Station (near Arlington).
9:20am - 10:00am	Overland Trail Monument - first monument erected to mark the Overland Trail in Albany County - 1911 - by the Jaques Laramie Chapter of the D.A.R. Busses proceed west on H230 to Pahlow Lane - to Lake Hattie - and turn north across Big Hollow Road - (watch for the North Canal, part of the Lake Hattie irrigation project) - then to Mandel Lane to overlook above the Little Laramie Crossing and segments of the Trail.
10:40am - 11:45am	Overland Trail Overlook - near the Little Laramie Crossing - Speakers: June Edens and Amy. Trek continues via Dutton Creek Road, a cut-off to Quealy Dome exit, and onto I-80 and proceed to Arlington.
12:15pm - 2:15pm	Old Rock Creek Stage Station - near Arlington - not to be confused with Old Rock Creek Railroad Station - near Hall ranch (see top of map). Lunch Speech by a member of the Pitcher Family (present owners of the site) on the history of the Station. Trekkers can visit the barn, which is on the National Register of Historic Places, an exceptional ranch blacksmith shop and ice house, cabin and private museum. Busses will proceed on Wyoming State Secondary 13, past several historic ranches, and McFadden, famous oil town, to Highway 30 and south to Rock River, a cattle and railroad town which played an important part in the history of the area.
2:45pm - 4:15pm	Rock River - (see pamphlet for history) Historic Rock River Museum featuring pioneer history and fossils from Como Bluffs - Brent Breithaupt, curator, Geology Museum, University of Wyoming, speaker. Lincoln Highway - featuring a marker and segment of the highway still extant there - Julie Francis, archeologist, Wyoming State Highway Department, speaker.
4:15pm - 5:00pm	Busses will return to Laramie.
6:00pm - 7:00pm	President's Reception (Cash Bar) - Holiday Inn, Laramie
7:00pm	Banquet - Holiday Inn Entertainment Speaker - Dr. Jim Rose, Professor and Director of Architectural Engineering and Adjunt Professor of American Studies University of Wyoming, on the importance of architecture in history and historical record.
SUNDAY: June 20
8:00am - 10:00am	Brunch - American Heritage Center Examine a photo exhibit of early Wyoming transportation.

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