The Emigrant Trail in Wyoming, which is the path followed by Western pioneers using the Oregon, California, and Mormon Trails (collectively referred to...
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Diego or San Pedro. Applegate-Lassen Trail Donner Party Emigrant Trail in Wyoming Great Platte River Road National Trails System Westward the Women Marcy,...
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The California Trail was an emigrant trail of about 1,600 mi (2,600 km) across the western half of the North American continent from Missouri River towns...
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and the California Trail; these trails are collectively known as the Emigrant Trail. The Mormon pioneer run began in 1846, when Young and his followers...
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The Oregon Trail was a 2,170-mile (3,490 km) east–west, large-wheeled wagon route and emigrant trail in the United States that connected the Missouri River...
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eastern Wyoming. Its most important period was from 1863 to 1868. Despite the fact that the major part of the route in Wyoming used by all Bozeman Trail travelers...
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Overland Trail was most heavily used in the 1860s as a route alternative to the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails through central Wyoming. The Overland...
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Bibliography of Wyoming history Emigrant Trail in Wyoming List of counties in Wyoming List of ghost towns in Wyoming List of governors of Wyoming List of municipalities...
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other emigrant trails. Parts of the 1854 trail can be seen on Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land in Wyoming. In Sweetwater County the trail on BLM...
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History of Wyoming Bibliography of Wyoming history Bibliography of Yellowstone National Park Emigrant Trail in Wyoming List of counties in Wyoming List of...
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Rockies. The historic pass became the route for emigrants on the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails to the West during the 19th century. It was designated...
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Fort Laramie National Historic Site (redirect from Fort William (Wyoming))
northern emigrant trails which split off further west. These included the California and Mormon Trails. The middle reaches of the Mormon trail stayed on...
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where the trail crossed over the present day Wyoming line into Idaho. In the Eastern Sheep Creek Hills in the Thomas Fork valley the emigrants encountered...
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Guernsey, Wyoming. The Oregon Trail here was winding up towards South Pass. Here, wagon wheels, draft animals, and people wore down the trail into a sandstone...
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Independence Rock (redirect from Independence Rock, Wyoming)
Site". Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites. Archived from the original on July 16, 2015. "Emigrant Trails: Independence Rock". Wyoming State...
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Register Cliff (category Natural features on the National Register of Historic Places in Wyoming)
Plains in the east of the U.S. state of Wyoming. It is notable as a historic landmark for 'registering' hundreds of emigrants on the Oregon Trail (thus...
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Names Hill (category National Register of Historic Places in Lincoln County, Wyoming)
rock. It is one of three notable "recording areas" along the emigrant trails in Wyoming along with Register Cliff and Independence Rock. The site was...
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are at least 13 named trails in Carbon County, Wyoming according to the U.S. Geological Survey, Board of Geographic Names. A trail is defined as: "Route...
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389 m) Lincoln County, Wyoming Emigrant Trail, 41°58′5″N 110°11′14″W / 41.96806°N 110.18722°W / 41.96806; -110.18722 (Emigrant Trail), el. 6,624 feet (2...
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Hastings Cutoff (category Historic trails and roads in Wyoming)
the Ruby Mountains, and rejoined the California Trail about seven miles west of modern Elko (also Emigrant Pass). The west end of the cutoff is marked by...
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are at least 92 named trails in Sublette County, Wyoming according to the U.S. Geological Survey, Board of Geographic Names. A trail is defined as: "Route...
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a dry stretch of the trail with the next good water nearly 40 miles (64 km) away at the Green River. Emigrant Trail in Wyoming U.S. Geological Survey...
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Lincoln County, Wyoming Emigrant Springs Formation, Nevada Emigrant Springs State Heritage Area Emigrant Trails, see Westward Expansion Trails Catopsilia,...
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Emigrant Springs, in Lincoln County, Wyoming near Kemmerer, was an important camping ground area of wagon trains on the Emigrant Trail headed for California...
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five men discovered South Pass in 1812. The Oregon Trail later followed that route as emigrants moved to the west coast. In 1850, mountain man Jim Bridger...
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Fort Smith, Arkansas Ozark Trail San Antonio-El Paso Road Santa Fe Trail Siskiyou Trail Southern Emigrant Trail Southwest Trail, from St. Louis, Missouri...
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Fort Bridger (category Military and war museums in Wyoming)
Ruby Mountains, and rejoin the California Trail about seven miles west of modern Elko, Nevada (now Emigrant Pass). The ill-fated Donner-Reed Party followed...
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people followed in the California Gold Rush of 1849. While guiding the Stephens–Townsend–Murphy party along the Emigrant Trail in Wyoming, Greenwood suggested...
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of what soon would become Wyoming Territory. First, a gold frenzy in Montana Territory drew miners north from the emigrant road that followed the North...
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Platte River (category California Trail)
and Wyoming. The river valley played an important role in the westward expansion of the United States, providing the route for several major emigrant trails...
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