(Fort Washakie, WY) – WYDOT District 5 shared this afternoon that a multi-agency collaborative effort was finished today, June 22nd, with the move of a monument that was dedicated in 1941.
The project involved “the Wind River Inter-Tribal Council Department of Transportation, Wyoming State Parks, Eastern Shoshone Tribe’s Tribal Historic Preservation Office, Frank B. Wise Business Center, and WYDOT,” according to their announcement.
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The monument, which was located in a turnout on US-287, was “moved hundreds of feet to the north and the
[sic] Wise Business Center.”
The highway turnout where it previously resided will be removed, according to WYDOT.
The plaque on the monument reads: “Sacajawea, Guide of the Lewis and Clark Expedition 1805. Dedicated by the Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming 1941. Grave 2 miles west.”