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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IR7_south-pass-city-wyomings-biggest-gold-boom-and-bust_Lander-WY.html
Emigrant travelers on their way west likely discovered small amounts of gold in the 1840's, but it took until 1868 for the first mining claims to be staked. Word of the new gold rush spread and the summer of 1868 brought an influx of people from e…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IR6_lander-cut-off-on-the-oregon-trail_Lander-WY.html
In 1858, this ancient path, which had been used by Indians, explorers and mountain men as a short cut to the Snake River country was developed by Frederick Lander in to an alternate route on the Oregon Trail. What is commonly called the Lander Tra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IQO_south-pass-and-south-pass-city_Lander-WY.html
A region rich in history. A city rich in gold. From 1812 to 1868 this open country at the end of the Wind River Mountains provided a passage - the only passage - through the Rocky Mountain barrier of the Continental Divide for some 500,000 westeri…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IQN_fort-stambaugh-1870-1878_Lander-WY.html
was established to protect from Indians the gold mining camps of South Pass City, Atlantic City, Miners' Delight, and others. It was named for 1st Lt. Charles B. Stambaugh, 2nd Cavalry, U.S.A. who was shot from his horse by Indians when defending…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IQA_bonneville-cabins_Lander-WY.html
Five hundred yards northwest of this marker stood the Bonneville Cabins, built by Captain B.L.E. Bonneville in 1835 to store his trade goods. Three cabins were constructed and later two more. They were long known as "The Five Cabins, : the fi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IQ9_red-canyon_Lander-WY.html
Red Canyon is cooperatively managed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department, the State of Wyoming, the Bureau of Land Management and private landowners.
The spectacular orange and red sandstone formations you see here have been exposed through m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IQ8_atlantic-city-surviving-the-bust_Lander-WY.html
Centrally located on the gold-bearing vein in the area, mines literally surrounded Atlantic City by the fall of 1868. The townspeople soon fostered a thriving business community. In addition to sawmills and blacksmith shops, Atlantic City boasted …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19MK_the-parting-of-the-ways_Lander-WY.html
In July 1844 the California bound Stevens-Townsend-Murphy wagon train, guided by Isaac Hitchcock and 81-year old Caleb Greenwood, passed this point and continued nine and one half miles southwest from here, to a place destined to become prominent …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19MJ_parting-of-the-ways_Lander-WY.html
This marks a fork in the trail, right to Oregon, left to Utah and California.
1812, Robert Stuart and eastbound Astorians used South Pass gateway.
1824, Eleven westbound Ashley-Henry men led by Jedediah Smith and Thomas Fitzpatrick.
1832,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM19MI_parting-of-the-ways_Lander-WY.html
Trail ruts at this site were mistakenly identified as the Parting-of-the-Ways where emigrant parties separated on their journeys to Oregon, California, or Utah.
The actual Parting-of-the-Ways is approximately 10 miles west of this spot. Where y…