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Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Detail inside a cabin at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Detail inside a cabin at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

The Mormon pioneers coming off Big Mountain into Mountain dell. July 1847

The Mormon pioneers coming off Big Mountain into Mountain dell. July 1...

Pioneer Day re-enactment of Mormons entering Salt Lake valley in covered wagons. Photo copyrighted by Harry A. Kelley. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card, with sub... More

Mormon Trail, parallel to highway 28. (photograph)

Mormon Trail, parallel to highway 28. (photograph)

Mormon Trail, parallel to highway 28. (photograph) ; July 1961

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Guardhouse at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Guardhouse at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tin...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

State of Wyoming information sign at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

State of Wyoming information sign at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state his...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Recreation of "mountain man" Jim Bridger's stockade and trading post at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Recreation of "mountain man" Jim Bridger's stockade and trading post a...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Cabin wall at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Cabin wall at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tin...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Cabin wall at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Cabin wall at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tin...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

A portion of Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

A portion of Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Direction sign to the recreation of "mountain man" Jim Bridger's fort at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Direction sign to the recreation of "mountain man" Jim Bridger's fort ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Covered wagon at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Covered wagon at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Inside an officer's quarters at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Inside an officer's quarters at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historic...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

"Mountain man" Jim Bridger's trading post and stockade, recreated at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. (Note the grass growing on the post's roof; a common form of frontier insulation.) Established by Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

"Mountain man" Jim Bridger's trading post and stockade, recreated at F...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Buildings, including the old, tiny schoolhouse, at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Buildings, including the old, tiny schoolhouse, at Fort Bridger, a Wyo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

A portion of Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

A portion of Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Cabin wall at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Cabin wall at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tin...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Animal jawbones hanging inside a cabin at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Animal jawbones hanging inside a cabin at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming stat...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Guardhouse at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Guardhouse at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tin...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

A portion of Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

A portion of Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Circa-1875 model of Fort Bridger inside the museum at the Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Circa-1875 model of Fort Bridger inside the museum at the Wyoming stat...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Covered wagon at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Covered wagon at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

The commissary, and a sign pointing toward a replica of "mountain man" Jim Bridger's stockade and trading post at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

The commissary, and a sign pointing toward a replica of "mountain man"...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Fire apparatus Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Fire apparatus Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the ti...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Interior of the schoolhouse, the first in Wyoming, at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Interior of the schoolhouse, the first in Wyoming, at Fort Bridger, a ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Bridge over Black's Fork of the Green River at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Bridge over Black's Fork of the Green River at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Inside the stockade of "mountain man" Jim Bridger's trading postat Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Inside the stockade of "mountain man" Jim Bridger's trading postat For...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Kitchen inside a cabin at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Kitchen inside a cabin at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical sit...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Model of a clerk inside the old general store at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Model of a clerk inside the old general store at Fort Bridger, a Wyomi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Detail of hardware and a horseshoe inside a cabin at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Detail of hardware and a horseshoe inside a cabin at Fort Bridger, a W...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Fireplace of a cabin at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Fireplace of a cabin at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

A portion of "mountain man" Jim Bridger's trading post and stockade, recreated at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. (Note the grass growing on the post's roof; a common form of frontier insulation.) Established by Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

A portion of "mountain man" Jim Bridger's trading post and stockade, r...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

A portion of "mountain man" Jim Bridger's trading post and stockade, recreated at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. (Note the grass growing on the post's roof; a common form of frontier insulation.) Established by Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

A portion of "mountain man" Jim Bridger's trading post and stockade, r...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Statue of "mountain man" Jim Bridger outside Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Statue of "mountain man" Jim Bridger outside Fort Bridger, a Wyoming s...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Statue of "mountain man" Jim Bridger outside Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Statue of "mountain man" Jim Bridger outside Fort Bridger, a Wyoming s...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

A portion of Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

A portion of Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Commissary (left) and guest house at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Commissary (left) and guest house at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state his...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the tiny Uinta County town of the same name in the southwestern corner of that state. Established by "mountain man" Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop along the Oregon Trail, the fort was obtained by the Mormons in the early 1850s, and then became a military outpost in 1858

Cabin interior at Fort Bridger, a Wyoming state historical site in the...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. The Oregon and Mormon trails, which had followed the same route across Wyoming, diverged here, the Oregon Trail heading westward into ... More

Sculptor Avard Fairbanks's statue at the National Historic Trails Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming, depicting the changeover of Pony Express riders

Sculptor Avard Fairbanks's statue at the National Historic Trails Inte...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Casper is roughly midway on the horse-borne mail route that ran between St. Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento, California. Three other ... More

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

A small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red Desert, a vast petrochemical-rich area between Rawlins and Green River. The environs do not look desert-like in many places, other than a rich sand deposit called the Killpecker Dunes; owing to the patches of sagebrush and hardy grasses that hide much of the red soil below

A small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red D...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In the 19th century, the Oregon, California and Mormon trails tracked through the northern and western regions of the Red Desert after... More

A small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red Desert, a vast petrochemical-rich area between Rawlins and Green River. The environs do not look desert-like in many places, other than a rich sand deposit called the Killpecker Dunes; owing to the patches of sagebrush and hardy grasses that hide much of the red soil below

A small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red D...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In the 19th century, the Oregon, California and Mormon trails tracked through the northern and western regions of the Red Desert after... More

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

South Pass (two nearby passes, really) formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

South Pass (two nearby passes, really) formed the most-traveled and mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

Devil's Gate, a fissure in the mountains of what is now Natrona County, Wyoming, caused by erosion from the Sweetwater River. It was a noted landmark along the Oregon Trail (and California Trail, Mormon Trail, and Pony Express route that followed the same path before diverging farther west)

Devil's Gate, a fissure in the mountains of what is now Natrona County...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. While it gave no particular directional guidance, emigrants, who were walking or riding alongside, not through, the gap carrying the r... More

A small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red Desert, a vast petrochemical-rich area between Rawlins and Green River. The environs do not look desert-like in many places, other than a rich sand deposit called the Killpecker Dunes; owing to the patches of sagebrush and hardy grasses that hide much of the red soil below

A small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red D...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In the 19th century, the Oregon, California and Mormon trails tracked through the northern and western regions of the Red Desert after... More

Devil's Gate, a fissure in the mountains of what is now Natrona County, Wyoming, caused by erosion from the Sweetwater River. It was a noted landmark along the Oregon Trail (and California Trail, Mormon Trail, and Pony Express route that followed the same path before diverging farther west)

Devil's Gate, a fissure in the mountains of what is now Natrona County...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. While it gave no particular directional guidance, emigrants, who were walking or riding alongside, not through, the gap carrying the r... More

A much more upscale buggy stand near old-style handcarts at the Martin's Cove Mormon Handcart historic site in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The site, on the old Mormon and Oregon trails (and the California Trail and Pony Express route as well, which all followed similar routes before diverging in what is now western Wyoming), recalls the Mormons' westward migration after they were forced from their village in Illinois. Many Mormon emigrants pulled their families andor possessions in crude handcarts on the arduous journey. These carts are used for school-group tours, when youngsters are invited to pull their classmates around the grounds

A much more upscale buggy stand near old-style handcarts at the Martin...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A curious pronghorn pauses before a small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red Desert, a vast petrochemical-rich area between Rawlins and Green River. The environs do not look desert-like in many places, other than a rich sand deposit called the Killpecker Dunes, owing to the patches of sagebrush and hardy grasses that hide much of the red soil below

A curious pronghorn pauses before a small natural-gas structure, one o...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In the 19th century, the Oregon, California and Mormon trails tracked through the northern and western regions of the Red Desert after... More

Sunset in South Pass, the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley (two nearby valleys, actually) through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

Sunset in South Pass, the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley (t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red Desert, a vast petrochemical-rich area between Rawlins and Green River. The environs do not look desert-like in many places, other than a rich sand deposit called the Killpecker Dunes; owing to the patches of sagebrush and hardy grasses that hide much of the red soil below

A small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red D...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In the 19th century, the Oregon, California and Mormon trails tracked through the northern and western regions of the Red Desert after... More

In the distance, to the right, in the mountains of Fremont County, Wyoming, is a notch that was an important landmark to westward-moving emigrants along the Oregon Trail (and the Mormon Trail, California Trail, and Pony Express route) which followed the same path before diverging in western Wyoming

In the distance, to the right, in the mountains of Fremont County, Wyo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. They called it "Split Rock." It could be viewed for miles, and the gunsight-looking notch pointed them directly to South Pass to the w... More

Devil's Gate, a fissure in the mountains of what is now Natrona County, Wyoming, caused by erosion from the Sweetwater River. It was a noted landmark along the Oregon Trail (and California Trail, Mormon Trail, and Pony Express route that followed the same path before diverging farther west)

Devil's Gate, a fissure in the mountains of what is now Natrona County...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. While it gave no particular directional guidance, emigrants, who were walking or riding alongside, not through, the gap carrying the r... More

Devil's Gate, a fissure in the mountains of what is now Natrona County, Wyoming, caused by erosion from the Sweetwater River. It was a noted landmark along the Oregon Trail (and California Trail, Mormon Trail, and Pony Express route that followed the same path before diverging farther west)

Devil's Gate, a fissure in the mountains of what is now Natrona County...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. While it gave no particular directional guidance, emigrants, who were walking or riding alongside, not through, the gap carrying the r... More

Road through South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

Road through South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

Devil's Gate, a fissure in the mountains of what is now Natrona County, Wyoming, caused by erosion from the Sweetwater River. It was a noted landmark along the Oregon Trail (and California Trail, Mormon Trail, and Pony Express route that followed the same path before diverging farther west). While it gave no particular directional guidance, emigrants, who were walking or riding alongside, not through, the gap carrying the river, frequently stopped to hike around this feature and carve their names. The occurrence of several murders in this region led some emigrants to believe this was a bedeviled site

Devil's Gate, a fissure in the mountains of what is now Natrona County...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Devil's Gate, a fissure in the mountains of what is now Natrona County, Wyoming, caused by erosion from the Sweetwater River. It was a noted landmark along the Oregon Trail (and California Trail, Mormon Trail, and Pony Express route that followed the same path before diverging farther west)

Devil's Gate, a fissure in the mountains of what is now Natrona County...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. While it gave no particular directional guidance, emigrants, who were walking or riding alongside, not through, the gap carrying the r... 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

Portions of the partially rebuilt Fort Seminoe trading post at the Martin's Cove Mormon Handcart historic site in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. At the wagon stop in the 1850s, Mormon emigrants to their "New Zion" in Utah were offered shelter and respite. The adjacent handcart site, on the old Mormon and Oregon trails (and the California Trail and Pony Express route as well, which all followed similar routes before diverging in what is now western Wyoming), recalls the Mormons' westward migration after they were forced from their village in Illinois. Many Mormon emigrants pulled their families andor possessions in crude handcarts on the arduous journey. These carts are used for school-group tours, when youngsters are invited to pull their classmates around the grounds

Portions of the partially rebuilt Fort Seminoe trading post at the Mar...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Old-style handcarts at the Martin's Cove Mormon Handcart historic site in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. The site, on the old Mormon and Oregon trails (and the California Trail and Pony Express route as well, which all followed similar routes before diverging in what is now western Wyoming), recalls the Mormons' westward migration after they were forced from their village in Illinois. Many Mormon emigrants pulled their families andor possessions in crude handcarts on the arduous journey. These carts are used for school-group tours, when youngsters are invited to pull their classmates around the grounds

Old-style handcarts at the Martin's Cove Mormon Handcart historic site...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

This insignificant-looking swale many miles west of Casper in Natrona County, Wyoming, was not insignificant to emigrants tramping along the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails (actually one trail at the time; they diverged far to the west). Now called Emigrant Gap, this place offered the weary travelers a sweeping view of what lay ahead over the weeks to come: endless, mostly dry, sagebrush prairies leading to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains

This insignificant-looking swale many miles west of Casper in Natrona ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Bessemer Bend, a most significant turn of the North Platte River in Natrona County, Wyomingl 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. Through trial and error, the emigrants had found that this was the least dangerous point to cross the wild and unpredictable river before Mormon entrepreneurs created a ferry over the river in 1847. Four decades later, this place became the townsite of Bessemer, which its creators envisioned as the "Queen City of the West" after the discovery of oil throughout the valley. But the railroad went to Casper instead, and the town dried up

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

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Wildflowers along the road leading to Cheesman Dam in Jefferson County, Colorado; one of the dams that slows and captures water from the South Platte River for use as part of Denver's drinking-water supply

Wildflowers along the road leading to Cheesman Dam in Jefferson County...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograp... 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

A small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red Desert, a vast petrochemical-rich area between Rawlins and Green River. The environs do not look desert-like in many places, other than a rich sand deposit called the Killpecker Dunes; owing to the patches of sagebrush and hardy grasses that hide much of the red soil below

A small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red D...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In the 19th century, the Oregon, California and Mormon trails tracked through the northern and western regions of the Red Desert after... More

South Pass (two nearby passes, really) formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

South Pass (two nearby passes, really) formed the most-traveled and mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

A small, remote corral in South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A small, remote corral in South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

Sunset in South Pass, the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley (two nearby valleys, actually) through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

Sunset in South Pass, the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley (t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

At first glance, this is a view of a fairly nondescript prairie in remote Fremont County, Wyoming. But it's quite a significant and historic place. This is South Pass, a natural crossing point of the Rocky Mountains that quickly became the route of choice for emigrants on the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails to the West during the 19th century

At first glance, this is a view of a fairly nondescript prairie in rem...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... 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

Portions of the partially rebuilt Fort Seminoe trading post at the Martin's Cove Mormon Handcart historic site in Sweetwater County, Wyoming. At the wagon stop in the 1850s, Mormon emigrants to their "New Zion" in Utah were offered shelter and respite. The adjacent handcart site, on the old Mormon and Oregon trails (and the California Trail and Pony Express route as well, which all followed similar routes before diverging in what is now western Wyoming), recalls the Mormons' westward migration after they were forced from their village in Illinois. Many Mormon emigrants pulled their families andor possessions in crude handcarts on the arduous journey. These carts are used for school-group tours, when youngsters are invited to pull their classmates around the grounds

Portions of the partially rebuilt Fort Seminoe trading post at the Mar...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

At first glance, this is a view of a fairly nondescript prairie in remote Fremont County, Wyoming. But it's quite a significant and historic place. This is South Pass, a natural crossing point of the Rocky Mountains that quickly became the route of choice for emigrants on the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails to the West during the 19th century

At first glance, this is a view of a fairly nondescript prairie in rem...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A small, remote corral in South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A small, remote corral in South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

This marker at South Pass in Fremont County, Wyoming, a natural crossing point of the Rocky Mountains that quickly became the route of choice for emigrants on the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails to the West during the 19th century, tells an often-overlooked story: While the emigrants could rejoice at finding a navigable route through the seemingly impervious Rockies, they still faced cruel impediments on the arid second halves of their journeys

This marker at South Pass in Fremont County, Wyoming, a natural crossi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

Why would a ranch in Fremont County, Wyoming, give itself the name of a fairly ordinary rock formation, the notch in the distant mountain to the right? It's because that notch was an important landmark to westward-moving emigrants along the Oregon Trail (and the Mormon Trail, California Trail, and Pony Express route) which followed the same path before diverging in western Wyoming

Why would a ranch in Fremont County, Wyoming, give itself the name of ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Split Rock, as the weary travelers called it, could be viewed for miles, and the gunsight-looking notch pointed them directly to South... More

A small, remote corral in South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A small, remote corral in South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

Sunset in South Pass, the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley (two nearby valleys, actually) through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

Sunset in South Pass, the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley (t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

In the distance, to the right, in the mountains of Fremont County, Wyoming, is a notch that was an important landmark to westward-moving emigrants along the Oregon Trail (and the Mormon Trail, California Trail, and Pony Express route) which followed the same path before diverging in western Wyoming

In the distance, to the right, in the mountains of Fremont County, Wyo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. They called it "Split Rock." It could be viewed for miles, and the gunsight-looking notch pointed them directly to South Pass to the w... More

A small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red Desert, a vast petrochemical-rich area between Rawlins and Green River. The environs do not look desert-like in many places, other than a rich sand deposit called the Killpecker Dunes; owing to the patches of sagebrush and hardy grasses that hide much of the red soil below

A small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red D...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In the 19th century, the Oregon, California and Mormon trails tracked through the northern and western regions of the Red Desert after... More

A small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red Desert, a vast petrochemical-rich area between Rawlins and Green River. The environs do not look desert-like in many places, other than a rich sand deposit called the Killpecker Dunes; owing to the patches of sagebrush and hardy grasses that hide much of the red soil below

A small natural-gas structure, one of hundreds in Wyoming's arid Red D...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In the 19th century, the Oregon, California and Mormon trails tracked through the northern and western regions of the Red Desert after... More

At first glance, this is a view of a fairly nondescript prairie in remote Fremont County, Wyoming. But it's quite a significant and historic place. This is South Pass, a natural crossing point of the Rocky Mountains that quickly became the route of choice for emigrants on the Oregon, California, and Mormon trails to the West during the 19th century

At first glance, this is a view of a fairly nondescript prairie in rem...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

An old, somewhat curious pair of structures in the gas fields of Wyoming's arid Red Desert, a vast petrochemical-rich area between Rawlins and Green River. The environs do not look desert-like in many places, other than a rich sand deposit called the Killpecker Dunes, owing to the patches of sagebrush and hardy grasses that hide much of the red soil below

An old, somewhat curious pair of structures in the gas fields of Wyomi...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. In the 19th century, the Oregon, California and Mormon trails tracked through the northern and western regions of the Red Desert after... More

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

1852 Stansbury Map of the Great Salt Lake to Fort Levenworth Route (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Kansas) - Geographicus - LevenworthGreatSaltLake2-stansbury-1852

1852 Stansbury Map of the Great Salt Lake to Fort Levenworth Route (Co...

It had been a daring feat of exploration, succeeding where the mountain men had all failed, and by means of his map ... Stansbury had painted at least one more bold stroke into the unfinished portrait of the na... More

1852 Stansbury Map, Great Salt Lake to Fort Levenworth Route (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Kansas) - Geographicus - LevenworthGreatSaltLake-stansbury-1852

1852 Stansbury Map, Great Salt Lake to Fort Levenworth Route (Colorado...

It had been a daring feat of exploration, succeeding where the mountain men had all failed, and by means of his map ... Stansbury had painted at least one more bold stroke into the unfinished portrait of the na... More

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