Southeast Wyoming around the Laramie Range brings together western history, distinctive geology, and recreation. Early events that shaped the area's heritage include Arapaho and Cheyenne tribes hunting and camping in the shelter of the Vedauwoo Rocks. A short distance west lie the Union Pacific Railroad's transcontinental tracks and the Ames Monument, erected to mark the highest point on the railroad's route, while traces of the Overland Trail remain farther west. In 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt rode horseback from Cheyenne to Laramie through this area. The Vedauwoo rock formation, unique to the Laramie Range between this site and Laramie, is identified as an Arapaho word for "earth" or "earth born" and consists of ancient Sherman Granite uplifted to its present position about 70 to 55 million years ago, with later erosion creating distinctive hoodoo forms. Located in the Medicine Bow National Forest, Vedauwoo offers recreation including rock climbing on fractured outcrops and cliffs for abilities from novice to expert, along with forest roads, hiking trails, picnic areas, and campgrounds. The area is managed for multiple use, with livestock sharing forage and natural forest shelter with wildlife, and cultural dance and music performances are periodically held among the rocks.