GC2810Q Old Sherman Cemetery (Traditional Cache) in Wyoming, United States created by Team Red Rubicon

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Heartland Cacher: From the reports I am getting this location is now behind some sort of a No Trespassing sign and is being archived. The CO may contact me via HeartlandCacher@Gmail.com if this is not true.

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A cache by Team Red Rubicon Message this owner

Hidden : 4/17/2010

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This cache is located near the site of the Old Sherman Cemetery not far from the now abandoned Sherman townsite.

This old and lonely cemetery is located near the old town site of Sherman, and is very close to the Ames Monument, along I-80 between Cheyenne and Laramie. Many of the people who were buried here have moved to other cemeteries by relatives, but there is still one remaining headstone of a baby who died in 1888. There is also a monument erected in 1958 by The Historical Landmark Commission of Wyoming. Sherman was built in the 1860's at the highest point along the transcontinental railroad. There are foundations and still some evidence of the 5 stall roundhouse and the turntable (we didn't see that because we didn't learn about the roundhouse until we returned home. We're going be back to check it out!).
For more information about the town of Sherman and the nearby Ames Monument
Check out these websites:
Building the Union Pacific
Ghost Towns
Sherman, WY.
Original mapping of the area for railroad development

Town of Sherman

Nearby railroad grade and Dale Creek Trestle foundations

Newspaper article from Fort Sanders, 1868

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Old Sherman Cemetery Traditional Cache

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