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Red Lake Carson Pass - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Red Lake Carson Pass - Public Domain image, National Parks Gallery

Devil's Ladder or First Summit proved to be a considerably difficult for California Trail emigrants near Carson Pass.

Bessemer Bend, a most significant turn of the North Platte River in Natrona County, Wyoming. This was the point of the last crossing by Oregon, Mormon, and California Trail emigrants of that looping, winding river, which comes up from Nebraska, curves over what is now the city of Casper, and dives southward toward Colorado

Bessemer Bend, a most significant turn of the North Platte River in Na...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Through trial and error, the emigrants had found that this was the least dangerous point to cross the wild and unpredictable river bef... More

Bessemer Bend, a most significant turn of the North Platte River in Natrona County, Wyoming. This was the point of the last crossing by Oregon, Mormon, and California Trail emigrants of that looping, winding river, which comes up from Nebraska, curves over what is now the city of Casper, and dives southward toward Colorado

Bessemer Bend, a most significant turn of the North Platte River in Na...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Through trial and error, the emigrants had found that this was the least dangerous point to cross the wild and unpredictable river bef... More

Bessemer Bend, a most significant turn of the North Platte River in Natrona County, Wyoming. This was the point of the last crossing by Oregon, Mormon, and California Trail emigrants of that looping, winding river, which comes up from Nebraska, curves over what is now the city of Casper, and dives southward toward Colorado

Bessemer Bend, a most significant turn of the North Platte River in Na...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Through trial and error, the emigrants had found that this was the least dangerous point to cross the wild and unpredictable river bef... More