Mexican Hill

Mexican Hill (HM1MON)

Location: Guernsey, WY 82214 Platte County
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Country: United States of America
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N 42° 16.149', W 104° 44.468'

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Spotted through the right-hand sight is Mexican Hill. At Mexican Hill the covered wagon emigrants, having turned into the fort on the Laramie River for information, supplies or repairs, cut over the intervening ridge to regain the Platte River route. There, wagon ruts worn into bedded rock attest to the volume of westward traffic traversing the Oregon Trail during the years 1840 to 1870.Coming down Mexican Hill's steep slope, drivers roughlocked wheels to keep wagons from running into their own backward-holding though forward-moving teams. Here, besides the animals iron-shod hooves, it was their singular stiff-legged, sliding step - adapted to hold against the forward thrust of heavily loaded wagons - which, together with the locked and sliding, steel-rimmed wheels, contributed to the extraordinary dept of the ruts.In 1841 Mexican artisans were engaged by the American Fur Company to build the adobe trading post later known as Fort Laramie. This hill took its name from the craftsmen who settled permanently in the vicinity and constructed an irrigation system at the foot of the hill to water their extensive gardens. They sold the produce to fur traders, soldiers and passing emigrants for whom it was a welcome supplement to diets otherwise lacking any fresh foods other than meat.
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Date Added Sunday, August 9th, 2015 at 6:01pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)13T E 521348 N 4679692
Decimal Degrees42.26915000, -104.74113333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 42° 16.149', W 104° 44.468'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds42° 16' 8.94" N, 104° 44' 28.08" W
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Area Code(s)307
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling North
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 90 S Wyoming Ave, Guernsey WY 82214, US
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