Twenty miles east of Laramie along I-80 are the towering rocks of Vedauwoo (pronounced VEE-dah-voo) an Arapaho word meaning "earthborn". Indians believe that these magnificent rock formations in the Pole Mountains area of the Medicine Bow Nationsl Forest were created by animals and human spirits.
The area was considered a sacred place where young Indian men went on vision quests. These oddly jumbled rocks form all sorts of shapes-mushrooms, balancing rocks, rounded knolls, lizards, faces, turtles and anything you might dream up.
The Ames Monument is a 60 foot pyramid shaped monument. This haunting limestone mass stands alone on the prairie and watches over the lonely remains of the one-time rail town of Sherman. This Monument was built in 1881 to honor the Ames brothers, Oliver and Oakes who were influential leaders in the construction of the transcontinental rail. The Union Pacific Railroad built this Monument at the cost of $65,000.
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