Monument Hill sign scheduled for a face lift in June

A well known sight in Thermopolis for decades is about to get a much needed and long awaited facelift – Monument Hill.

According to Hot Springs State Park Superintendent Kevin Skates, a group from the University of Wyoming’s Conservation Corps will be arriving June 10 to begin reconstruction of the “World’s Largest Mineral Hot Springs” sign that graces the front of Monument Hill.

The UW groups travel throughout the summer doing various projects, a number of them for Wyoming State Parks and Historical Sites. The park provides them a place to stay for the eight days they are here, along with educational opportunities, and in exchange they work for the park, doing whatever may be needed.

In the past, Skates said, the groups have built trails and corrals in the park as well as work out at Boysen.

Over the years, many groups have tried to fix the sign as best they could, but it is very broken down at this point, as well as being a rather dangerous climb, and the group will even need to haul some new rock up the hill for the rebuild.

The Hot Springs County Historical Society is providing the paint for the sign at a cost of about $600. Donations toward the paint expense would be appreciated and may be dropped off at the Hot Springs County Museum and Cultural Center.

Two groups will be arriving the end of this month to begin repairs to buck and rail fence in the Buffalo Pasture.