Name: Father DeSmet Historical Monument

 

County: Johnson

 

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Latitude: 442840N

 

Longitude: 1064617W

 

Elevation: 4741 Feet

 

Feature Type: Park

 

Origin of Name: Commemorating Father Pierre Jean DeSmet and the site of his historic "la prairie de la messe," delivered July 5, 1840, the first holy mass offered in Wyoming.

Source: WPA

 

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