Pioneer Trails: Fort Laramie
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Oregon Trail
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During the mass overland emigration by covered wagon that began in 1841, the mountain man's pathway along the North Platte and Sweetwater rivers to South Pass would be known by many names....
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Jul 30, 2009
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Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fort Laramie
"The Crossroads of a Nation Moving West." This unique historic place preserves and interprets one of America's most important locations in the history of westward expansion and Indian resistance.
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Jul 22, 2009
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California Trail, Glenrock
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When gold fever hit in the late 1840s, cries of “Ho California!” could be heard across the country as eager Forty-Niners and farmers packed up their families and belongings and headed...
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Jul 30, 2009
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Oregon Trail Ruts, Guernsey
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Jul 28, 2009
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Fort Laramie National Historic Site, Fort Laramie
Fort Laramie, the first garrisoned post in Wyoming, is located adjacent to the town of Fort Laramie near the confluence of the North Platte and Laramie rivers. It was the most important outpost on the...
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Jul 24, 2009
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Mormon Pioneer Trail, Dubois
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"The best organized mass migration in American history" began in 1846 as the first group of Mormons, led by Brigham Young, traveled from Nauvoo, Illinois to Great Salt Lake in Utah. Through...
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Jul 30, 2009
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Register Cliff, Guernsey
Site FacilitiesUS Highway 26; Interstate 25 (exit 92). Brief HistoryAlso referred to as Register Cliff and Sand Point Station. The cliff is sandstone precipice rising one hundred feet from the valley...
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Sep 28, 2009
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Bozeman Trail, Buffalo
In 1863, John Bozeman and John Jacobs discovered the Bozeman Trail as a shortcut to the gold rush in Montana. Called “the last great overland emigrant trail in the American West,” the trail passed...
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May 05, 2009
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