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The Sweetwater rises in southwestern Fremont County, at the continental divide near South Pass Wyoming, on the southern end of the Wind River Range.It flows ENE along the north side of the Antelope Hills, then ESE, through Fremont County, past Jeffrey City, between the Granite Mountains to the north and the Green Mountains (Wyoming) to the south, through what are now cattle-raising areas.
The Sweetwater River is a 55-mile (89 km) long stream in San Diego County, California. From its headwaters high in the Cuyamaca Mountains , the river flows generally southwest, first through rugged hinterlands but then into the urban areas surrounding its mouth at San Diego Bay .
Sweetwater Reservoir is a 960-acre (390 ha) artificial lake in San Diego County, California, formed by Sweetwater Dam on the Sweetwater River. Construction of the dam was completed in 1888. Construction of the dam was completed in 1888.
Loveland Dam (also called Sweetwater Falls Dam) is a dam across the Sweetwater River in San Diego County, California. The dam forms the long, narrow Loveland Reservoir, which stores 25,387 acre-feet (31,314,000 m 3) of water. [1] It is operated primarily for flood control and municipal water storage in conjunction with downstream Sweetwater Dam ...
Sweetwater Dam is a dam across the Sweetwater River in San Diego County, California. It is located approximately 12 miles (19 km) east of San Diego, 9 miles (14 km) and borders Bonita to the southwest and La Presa to the northeast. The 108-foot (33 m)-high masonry arch dam impounds 960-acre (390 ha) Sweetwater Reservoir.
Devil's Gate or Devils Gate [1] [2] is a natural rock formation, a gorge on the Sweetwater River in Wyoming, United States, five miles (8 km) southwest of Independence Rock. [2] Although the actual route of travel did not pass through the narrow cleft, the site was a major landmark on the Oregon and Mormon trails, and is particularly ...
South Pass (elevation 7,412 ft (2,259 m) and 7,550 ft (2,300 m)) is a route across the Continental Divide, in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Wyoming.It lies in a broad high region, 35 miles (56 km) wide, between the nearly 14,000 ft (4,300 m) Wind River Range to the north and the over 8,500 ft (2,600 m) Oregon Buttes [3] and arid, saline near-impassable Great Divide Basin to the south.
Sweetwater County was created on December 17, 1867, as a county within the Dakota Territory. [4] The county was formed of territory partitioned from Laramie County.The county was originally named Carter County for Judge W.A. Carter of Fort Bridger [5] In 1869, the newly established legislature of the Wyoming Territory renamed the county for the Sweetwater River.