- Oregon Trail Ruts (Guernsey, Wyoming)
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Oregon Trail Ruts
Typical segment of the ruts
Nearest city: Guernsey, Wyoming Coordinates: 42°15′22″N 104°44′58″W / 42.25611°N 104.74944°WCoordinates: 42°15′22″N 104°44′58″W / 42.25611°N 104.74944°W Built: 1841 Governing body: State NRHP Reference#: 66000761 Significant dates Added to NRHP: October 15, 1966[1] Designated NHL: May 23, 1966[2] Oregon Trail Ruts is a preserved site of wagon ruts of the Oregon Trail on the North Platte River, about .5 miles south of Guernsey, Wyoming. The Oregon Trail here was winding up towards South Pass. Wagon wheels, draft animals, and people wore down the trail about two to six feet into a sandstone ridge here, during its heavy usage from 1841-1869.[3] The half-mile stretch is "unsurpassed" and is the best-preserved of Oregon Trail ruts anywhere along its former length.[3]
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966.[2][3]
The site is maintained as a State Historic Site within Guernsey State Park, which separately was declared a National Historic Landmark for its Civilian Conservation Corps structures, unrelated to the Oregon Trail Ruts.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Oregon Trail Ruts". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=570&ResourceType=Site. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ^ a b c Stephen Lissandrello (May 15, 1976). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Oregon Trail RutsPDF (32 KB). National Park Service and Accompanying 5 photos, undated and from 1975PDF (32 KB)
External links
Media related to Oregon Trail Ruts (Guernsey, Wyoming) at Wikimedia Commons- Oregon Trail Ruts, Wyoming Division of State Parks and Historic Sites
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