- Blacks Fork
Blacks Fork (also referred to as Blacks Fork of the Green River) is a tributary of the Green River in
Utah andWyoming . The river rises on the northern side of theUinta Mountains as three streams draining the area around Tokewanna Peak near the Utah-Wyoming border. Right as the river crosses the Wyoming border, it flows into a reservoir used for irrigation and flood control [cite web|url=http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/lyman.html|title=Lyman Project|publisher=Bureau of Reclamation] . From there river flows through the town of Lyman before joining with the Smiths Fork, which forms just east of the Blacks Fork in the Unitas, and parallels it for most of its course.The river continues northeast to Granger, where the river meets the Hams Fork from the north, Shortly thereafter the river makes a sharp turn south, eventually joining the Green River atFlaming Gorge Reservoir .History
In 1843 mountain man
Jim Bridger and his partnerLouis Vasquez constructed a trading post on the Blacks Fork, located near present day Lyman, known later asFort Bridger . The post soon became a popular stop along the Oregon and California trails and later marked the point at which theMormon Trail left the other two and continued intoUtah .References
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