A short drive off the interstate at exit #329 we found this monument. It's a 60 ft. pyramid-shape which stands alone on the prairie and watches over the lonely remains of the one-time rail town of Sherman.

The monument was built in 1881 to honor Oliver and Oakes Ames (brothers) who were influential leaders in the construction of the transcontinental railroad.

From the side of the monument you can see far off in the distance the Vedauwoo Recreation Area.

The Arapaho Indians believe that these magnificent rock formations in the Pole Mountain area of the Medicine Bow National Forest were created by animal and human spirits.

You can let your imagination run wild creating different formations of animals, etc. To the right behind the small scrub bushes you can see a tent. There is a campground here and we saw a few tenters and a couple of small trailers.

Many people enjoy climbing around the rocks to explore.  We saw this group off in the distance (had to zoom in to get them but unfortunately the dog with them was too small to show up in the photo).

Another tent nestled in under the tree and up against the rocks. 

Trailer in the distance in the center of the photo.

Don't these look like dinosaur bones??

These were in a large circular formation (I was standing inside the circle)

Rock climbing is very popular in the area. It appears that this is a group learning the ins and outs of how to climb.

More interesting formations (needless to say way tooooo many to photograph them all).