Wyoming Trivia (Renamed) (Cheyenne, Casper, Lander: communities, comparison, governor)

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by CptnRn

I'm sure I'm not the only person that knows the answer. I'm surprised it wasn't asked about previously in this thread. They are probably afraid they will have to come up with a new question.

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I guess unless you have been to that exact spot and looked at it, it would be pretty hard to figure out. The closest I have been is going by on I-80.

[CptnRn]

OK here is a new question:

Where was this poem found and what is the story behind it?

Friends and physicians could not save
This mortal lovely body from the grave
Nor can the grave contain it here
When God commands it to appear

For though it was her lot to die
Hear among the mountains high
Yet when Gabriel's trump shall sound
Among the blessed she will be found

And while she rests beneath this tree
May holy angels watch and see
That naught disturbs her peaceful clay
Until the dawning of the day

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

I guess unless you have been to that exact spot and looked at it, it would be pretty hard to figure out. The closest I have been is going by on I-80.

I have never been there, but have read about it. In fact I read a murder mystery several years ago that was partially placed at Vedauwoo. For people living in Laramie and Cheyenne it is a pretty well known recreation spot.

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by CptnRn

OK here is a new question:

Where was this poem found and what is the story behind it?

Back on topic:

Hint: Historic, Lander Cutoff Road

[ElkHunter]

Originally Posted by CptnRn

OK here is a new question:

Where was this poem found and what is the story behind it?

The poem was pinned beneath the marker on the gravesight of Elizabeth Mortimore Paul. Her, her husband Thomas Paul and their 5 children were traveling West from Fremont, Iowa in 1862. Mrs Paul died on July 27 wile giving birth to their 6th child, a girl also named Elizabeth. The baby Elizabeth died only 1 week later. The traveling companions buried her beneath a lone pine tree and the erected a picket fence around it. Travelers a couple days later found the gravesight and the poem pinned beneath the marker that was simply a board that was mounted into a sawed or chiseled notch in the tree. She was 32 years old at the time of her death.

This is on the old Lander Trail about 30 miles West of Big Piney.

[CptnRn]

Originally Posted by ElkHunter

The poem was pinned beneath the marker on the gravesight of Elizabeth Mortimore Paul. Her, her husband Thomas Paul and their 5 children were traveling West from Fremont, Iowa in 1862. Mrs Paul died on July 27 wile giving birth to their 6th child, a girl also named Elizabeth. The baby Elizabeth died only 1 week later. The traveling companions buried her beneath a lone pine tree and the erected a picket fence around it. Travelers a couple days later found the gravesight and the poem pinned beneath the marker that was simply a board that was mounted into a sawed or chiseled notch in the tree. She was 32 years old at the time of her death.

This is on the old Lander Trail about 30 miles West of Big Piney.

Good job ElkHunter.

There is more about the story here: Elizabeth Paul Grave

The Paul family was part of a wagon train of 36 wagons crossing the country. The site is 30 miles West of Big Piney on the Lander cut-off Road, part of the Oregon Trail.

The beautiful old lodge pole pine continues to mark her grave. An Oregon-California Trails Association marker has also been placed on the site. Several of Mrs. Paul’s descendants, including her great-granddaughter, attended the dedication.

The location is marked on Google Maps here http://goo.gl/maps/eN1ZU

Lots more interesting stories about the Emmigrant's Trails here: http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/trailsdemo/select.htm

[ElkHunter]

Thanks, here is an easy one. Who is this person?

Born: Oct 2, 1948, Biloxi, Mississippi.

Quit his first career at age 32 in order to pursue his second career.

Became famous while in Oklahoma City in 1976.

Had a liver disease and had a liver transplant in Omaha Nebraska. Walter Payton died just a few years ago from the same disease.

Also known for a bronze sculpture he made located at Casper College.


Who is it? Where is his home (in Wyoming)?

[ElkHunter]

Hint: He attended college in Casper, on a scholarship.

[kajunken]

Is it Chris Ledoux and he lived in Kaycee, Wyoming. The sculture is of a bronco rider.

[CptnRn]

I'm guessing that it is Chris LeDoux, Kaycee, Wyoming. Occupations: Musician, singer-songwriter, rodeo competitor, bronze sculptor. It was a "Rodeo scholorship"!

I have not been able to find a photo of his sculpture that is in Casper.

Edit: Kajunken beat me to it!