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There are at least 429 named trails in Wyoming according to the U.S. Geological Survey, Board of Geographic Names. A trail is defined as: "Route for passage from one point to another; does not include roads or highways (jeep trail, path, ski trail)." [1] Albany County, Wyoming
Navigational landmark on the Oregon Trail: South Pass City: Fremont County: 345.88 139.97: Surviving "ghost town" on the Oregon Trail: Trail End: Sheridan: 3.76 1.52: Mansion of cattleman and politician John B. Kendrick: Woodruff Cabin Site: Hot Springs County: 1 0.40: Location of the first European-American settlement in the Big Horn Basin ...
The Encampment River Wilderness is a designated wilderness area located in south central Wyoming in the United States.Entirely within Medicine Bow National Forest, the wilderness was designated to increase protection of the Encampment River and the canyon through which it flows.
The Oregon Buttes are small buttes, near the Oregon Trail, in what is now the state of Wyoming. They are just past South Pass , and are two flat-topped summits plus a smaller, conical one. For travelers on the Oregon Trail , the buttes were on the horizon for a day's travel, perhaps more.
Oregon Trail Ruts State Historic Site is a preserved site of wagon ruts of the Oregon Trail on the North Platte River, about 0.5 miles south of 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 ridge about two to six feet, during its ...
Register Cliff is a sandstone cliff and featured key navigational landmark prominently listed in the 19th century guidebooks about the Oregon Trail, and a place where many emigrants chiseled the names of their families on the soft stones of the cliff — it was one of the key checkpoint landmarks for parties heading west along the Platte River valley west of Fort John, Wyoming which allowed ...
Names Hill is a bluff located on the bank of the Green River in the U.S. state of Wyoming, where travelers on the Oregon and California trails carved their names into the 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 listed on the National ...
Area: 198,525 acres (803.40 km 2 ... The Fitzpatrick Wilderness is located in Shoshone National Forest in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The wilderness was originally ...