Key to listings along the journey roughly east-to-west: |
| Abbreviations |
NP
SP |
National Park
State Park |
SHP
SHS |
State Historical
Park
or Site |
|
NM |
National
Monument |
NRA
SRA |
National or
State
Recreation Area |
|
Photo |
Point of interest
as featured in Emigrant Road |
Light Gray |
Point of interest
also featured in Emigrant Road |
Dark Gray |
Point of interest not featured
in Emigrant Road |
| |
| Things to see
and do along today's Oregon Trail |
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Grattan
Massacre Monument, w of Lingle, WY (historical marker) |
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Fort Laramie town sign, both ends of town ("6
sore heads") |
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Fort
Laramie NHS, w of town (period buildings, interpretive sites, visitor center,
picnic area) |
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Register
Cliff SHS, se of Guernsey (A.H. Unthank signature among hundreds of others) |
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Guernsey
ruts SHS, s of Guernsey (ruts five feet deep) |
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Red Earth
Country Monument, se of Douglas (historical marker) |
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Ayres
Natural Bridge, w of Douglas on I-25, then s on Natural Bridge Rd. (natural
stone bridge, creek, park, picnic areas, swimming) |
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A.H.
Unthank grave marker, I-80 exit 160, e on Tank Farm Rd. (grave is on private
land, OCTA marker on roadside) |
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Fort Caspar Museum, end of Ft. Caspar Rd., Casper (period
buildings, museum) |
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Bessemer
Bend, Red Buttes, off Rte. 220, sw of Casper (last ford over the Platte,
interpretive kiosk, fishing, picnic area) |
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Rock
Avenue, Oregon Trail Rd., sw of Casper (scenic area) |
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Willow
Spring, Oregon Trail Rd., sw of Casper (alkali pools, scenic area) |
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Prospect
Hill, Oregon Trail Rd., sw of Casper (long stretch of trail ruts can be seen
from above) |
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LOOK AT THE MAP |
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Independence
Rock SHS, Hwy 220, 50 mi w of Alcova (emigrant signatures on south and north
ends and top, rest/picnic area) |
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Devil's
Gate, Hwy 220 (Sweetwater River notch) |
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Martin's
Cove, on Sun Ranch off Hwy 220 (interpretive center, trails to site on Mormon
Trail) |
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Split Rock
(seen from Hwy 287) |
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Ice Slough,
Rte. 287 near Jeffrey City (historical marker, slough) |
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Sinks
Canyon SP, sw of Lander on SR131 (waterfalls, disappearing river, bighorn
sheep, aspen groves, scenic mountain byway) |
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Red Canyon
overlook, Rte. 28 s of Lander (scenic view wayside) |
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South Pass
City SHS, s of Hwy 28 (preserved ghost town important to Womens' Suffrage
history) |
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Trails
West, 65 Main St, South Pass City (trail rides) |
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South Pass, dirt road s of Hwy 28 off Oregon Buttes
Rd., on Continental Divide (ruts, Oregon Trail markers, area has highest point on
Oregon Trail-over 7,000 feet above sea-level)
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