Emigrant Trail in Wyoming
- Emigrant Trail in Wyoming
The path followed by the Oregon Trail, California Trail and Mormon Trail (collectively referred to as the Emigrant Trail) spans ] [cite web|url=http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/trailsdemo/names_hill.htm|title=Names Hill|publisher=Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office] The hill also features native American pictographs.
A secondary cutoff named the Slate Creek or Kinney Cutoff breaks from the main trail near the Lombard Ferry on the Green River, and meets the Sublette cutoff on Slate Creek Ridge. This route was slightly longer then the Sublette, but had the advantage of only 10 waterless miles rather than the 45 endured on the Sublette trail. [cite web|url=http://wyoshpo.state.wy.us/trailsdemo/slatecreek-kenney.htm|title=Slate Creek-Kenny Cutoff|publisher=Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office]
Lander Road
[L.C. Bishop, " [http://wyshs.org/maps-lcb.htm Emigrant Trail Map Series: Lander Cutoff] ", 1959] . In Idaho, the road proceeded due west until it met the main trail before arriving at Fort Hall. The route provided ample wood, grass and water for the travelers, and cut nearly 7 days off the total travel time for wagon trails. [cite web|url=http://www.untraveledroad.com/USA/Wyoming/Lincoln/H89A/37ESign.htm|title=Lander Cutoff of the Oregon Trail] Funds were appropriated in 1858 and 115 men completed the road in 90 days, clearing timber and moving convert|62000|cuyd|m3 of earth. [cite book |title=The California Trail: An Epic with Many Heroes|last=Stewart |first=George |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1983 |publisher=University of Nebraska Press |location= |isbn= |pages=pp. 317-318 ] The road, which was the first government road project in the west, opened in 1859, and immediately became the main route for all settlers on the Emigrant Trail except for Mormons traveling to Utah via the original trail. The Lander road remained in constant use until 1912, when automobiles made it obsolete.
References
External links
* [http://wyshs.org/maps-lcb.htm Wyoming Historical Maps - L. C. Bishop Emigrant Trail Map Series]
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