This group of individuals is separate from the "Exodusters" who moved West in the late nineteenth century.
Empire, WY was founded in 1908 by African American families from Custer County, Nebraska.
[4] Today, two historical markers commemorate the homesteaders who lived in Empire.
One is located on the Interstate 25's Dwyer Junction Rest Area close to the town of Wheatland, Wyoming.
[5] The second commemoration was placed in Torrington, Wyoming, next to the Goshen County Homesteaders Museum.