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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SVG_the-ox-team-monument-expedition-historical_Alcova-WY.html
In 1852 an estimated 50,000 pioneers passed Independence Rock on their way west. Among this number was the family of 21-year-old Ezra Meeker, recently of Eddyville, Iowa, but natives of Indiana. Meeker, his wife Eliza, and their infant son, arrive…
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Probably discovered by returning Astorians, 1812. Given its name by emigrants who celebrated Independence Day here July 4, 1825. Capt. Bonneville passed here with first wagons 1832. Whitman and Spalding, missionaries with their wives stopped here…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SVE_the-preservation-of-independence-rock-historical_Alcova-WY.html
An important landform like Independence Rock is protected and preserved only through the efforts of many people and organizations. Not all attempts at preservation and commemoration are acceptable by current standards, however, and some actions le…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SUT_the-emigrant-road-historical_Alcova-WY.html
The Oregon Trail passed over the ridge to the east of Devil's Gate. Good grass, water and the shelter of the hills made this a popular campsite.
Explorer Brevet-Captain John C. Fremont, 1842:
"In about three miles, we reached the entrance of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SUS_a-tribute-to-hardship-historical_Alcova-WY.html
Thousands of pioneers journeyed over 1,000 miles to reach this point. Illness and death were common. Everywhere along the trail people died and were buried.
It is estimated that one out of ten emigrants who started on the trail died before compl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SUP_following-the-river-historical_Alcova-WY.html
From here to Split Rock, a day's journey west, the Oregon Trail followed two routes; one close to the Sweetwater River, and the other a little further from it but more direct.
Capt. Howard Stansbury commented August 1, 1852:
"...Frost during t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SUO_martins-cove-historical_Alcova-WY.html
Two miles to the northwest nestled at the foot of the Sweetwater Rocks, lies Martin's Cove. Here Captain Edward Martin's exhausted company of Mormon handcart emigrants sought shelter from a severe early winter storm in 1856. The Martin Company, lo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SUN_sun-ranch-historical_Alcova-WY.html
In front of you is the Sun Ranch, one of the first large open range ranches in Wyoming. The original ranch building, which today makes up part of the Mormon Handcart Visitor Center, was constructed in 1872.
Tom de Beau Soleil (a French Canadian …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SU5_martins-cove-historical_Alcova-WY.html
Survivors of Captain Edward Martin's Handcart Company of Mormon emigrants from England to Utah were rescued here in perishing condition about Nov. 12, 1856. Delayed in starting and hampered by inferior carts it was overtaken by an early winter. Am…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1SU4_devils-gate-historical_Alcova-WY.html
The Legend of Devil's Gate
American Indian legend says a powerful evil spirit in the form of a tremendous beast with enormous tusks ravaged the Sweetwater Valley, preventing the Indians from hunting and camping. A holy man told the tribes that…