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Bluemel Homesteads

22 Thursday Mar 2018

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DUP, Historic Markers, Lyman, Uinta County, Wyoming, Wyoming Historic Markers

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Bluemel Homesteads

The Bluemel brothers, Henry John and William Oswald (Will) from Randolph, Utah, came to the Bench in February 1891 to establish the first homesteads after the Army opened the area yo homesteading.  Because the elevation is higher than the post headquarters at Fort Bridger, the area was named “The Bench.”  After staking claims, Will returned to Randolph to bring back their father, Henry Carl, to help them build the first house.   It was a small, one-room structure built of logs with a dirt roof.  Henry Carl and Will returned to Randolph to care for their family while Henry John spent the first winter alone in this home.

Will married his sweetheart, Emily Louise Pearce, in 1894 and brought her to his homestead.  In 1895, Henry John married Melissa Jane Stewart, a daughter of James Wesley Stewart.  Stewart was a scout in the Brigham Young party.  Mary Elizabeth, a young sister of the Bluemel brothers, came for a visit.  She met and later married James Wiley Stewart, a son of James Wesley.

As the area grew, the need for a community center became apparent.  The first center, measuring 18 by 30 feet, was build on this site.  The building served as the first church, school, community hall, and overall general meeting place.  As the area continued to expand, the center was replaced by a larger building in a different location.

The Henry John homestead is still owned by his descendants who bought part of the William Oswald homestead to accommodate their growing family.  This monument stands where the two homesteads come together.

See other D.U.P. Historic Markers here.

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The Mormon Pioneers

22 Thursday Mar 2018

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Historic Markers, Lyman, Monuments, Uinta County, Wyoming, Wyoming Historic Markers

2018-01-05 16.20.14

Erected by the members of the Woodruff Stake in honor of the Mormon Pioneers who passed this point on Wednesday July 7, 1847 and in subsequent years.

This monument is at the Lyman Rest Area just off Interstate 80.

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Lyman Rest Area

22 Thursday Mar 2018

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Lyman, Uinta County, Wyoming, Wyoming Historic Markers

2018-01-05 16.20.08

Lyman Rest Area

The Lyman Rest Area off Interstate 80.

There’s a Wyoming’s Wildlife sign and a monument to the pioneers who passed here.

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Wyoming’s Wildlife

22 Thursday Mar 2018

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Lyman, Uinta County, Wyoming, Wyoming Historic Markers

2018-01-05 16.20.24

Wyoming’s Wildlife

This Wyoming Wildlife sign is located at the Lyman Rest Area off Interstate 80.

Do yourself a favor! As you travel Wyoming slow down and enjoy a taste of wildness. Wyoming is one of the lst places in North America with great expanses of wild lands.

Much of Wyoming is similar to the way it was before the West was settled. Take a break-smell the sage, hear a meadowlark, and feel the freedom of these wildlands.

The migrations of many of our elk, mule deer and pronghorn antelope herds are extensive, as long as 200 miles, as they move through these vast habitats on seasonal treks as old as time itself.

The feelings of desolation you experience when traveling 1-80 across southern Wyoming are not shared by the mule deer or pronghorn antelope. Their survival depends upon being able to move freely between summering and wintering areas. Sagebrush and large expanses of native habitat in which to roam make Wyoming home to two-thirds of the world’s population of pronghorns, numbering over one-half million animals.

So, while traveling throughout Wyoming, remember that much of what you see is still wide open, untrammeled wildland and part of the formula critical to conserving Wyoming’s outstanding wildlife resources.

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Lyman, Utah

21 Saturday Jan 2017

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Bicknell, Loa, Lyman, utah, Wayne County

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Lyman was originally known as East Loa. It became a distinct place from Loa in 1893.

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