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A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

This insignificant-looking swale many miles west of Casper in Natrona County, Wyoming, was not insignificant to emigrants tramping along the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails (actually one trail at the time; they diverged far to the west). Now called Emigrant Gap, this place offered the weary travelers a sweeping view of what lay ahead over the weeks to come: endless, mostly dry, sagebrush prairies leading to the foothills of the Rocky Mountains

This insignificant-looking swale many miles west of Casper in Natrona ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Cabin and a few farm implements in South Pass City, a mining boomtown of 2,000 people in the 1860s in what is now Fremont County, Wyoming, that by 1949 was a ghost town. Over time miners, speculators, and businessmen, finding little gold and suffering in the region's winter blizzards and unrelenting summer heat, abandoned the town, which is named for the surrounding valley that proved the most reliable route through the Rocky Mountains for emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails. Now a historic site, South Pass City once again has (in 2016) a few hardy residents

Cabin and a few farm implements in South Pass City, a mining boomtown ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. South Pass City has an unrelated and important role in history. One of the first arrivals to South Pass City, in 1869, was Esther Hoba... More

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

South Pass (two nearby passes, really) formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

South Pass (two nearby passes, really) formed the most-traveled and mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

Remains of the old Carissa Gold Mine in South Pass City, a mining boomtown of 2,000 people in the 1860s in what is now Fremont County, Wyoming, that by 1949 was a ghost town. Over time miners, speculators, and businessmen, finding little gold and suffering in the region's winter blizzards and unrelenting summer heat, abandoned the town, which is named for the surrounding valley that proved the most reliable route through the Rocky Mountains for emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails. Now a historic site, South Pass City once again has (in 2016) a few hardy residents

Remains of the old Carissa Gold Mine in South Pass City, a mining boom...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. South Pass City has an unrelated and important role in history. One of the first arrivals to South Pass City, in 1869, was Esther Hoba... More

A small, remote corral in South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A small, remote corral in South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

Sunset in South Pass, the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley (two nearby valleys, actually) through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

Sunset in South Pass, the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley (t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Dirt road near South Pass City, a mining boomtown of 2,000 people in the 1860s in what is now Fremont County, Wyoming, that by 1949 was a ghost town. Over time miners, speculators, and businessmen, finding little gold and suffering in the region's winter blizzards and unrelenting summer heat, abandoned the town, which is named for the surrounding valley that proved the most reliable route through the Rocky Mountains for emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails. Now a historic site, South Pass City once again has (in 2016) a few hardy residents

Dirt road near South Pass City, a mining boomtown of 2,000 people in t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. South Pass City has an unrelated and important role in history. One of the first arrivals to South Pass City, in 1869, was Esther Hoba... More

Sunset in South Pass, the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley (two nearby valleys, actually) through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

Sunset in South Pass, the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley (t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

Remains of the old Carissa Gold Mine in South Pass City, a mining boomtown of 2,000 people in the 1860s in what is now Fremont County, Wyoming, that by 1949 was a ghost town. Over time miners, speculators, and businessmen, finding little gold and suffering in the region's winter blizzards and unrelenting summer heat, abandoned the town, which is named for the surrounding valley that proved the most reliable route through the Rocky Mountains for emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails. Now a historic site, South Pass City once again has (in 2016) a few hardy residents

Remains of the old Carissa Gold Mine in South Pass City, a mining boom...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. South Pass City has an unrelated and important role in history. One of the first arrivals to South Pass City, in 1869, was Esther Hoba... More

A small, remote corral in South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A small, remote corral in South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

Distant view of what's left of South Pass City, a mining boomtown of 2,000 people in the 1860s in what is now Fremont County, Wyoming, that by 1949 was a ghost town. Over time miners, speculators, and businessmen, finding little gold and suffering in the region's winter blizzards and unrelenting summer heat, abandoned the town, which is named for the surrounding valley that proved the most reliable route through the Rocky Mountains for emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails. Now a historic site, South Pass City once again has (in 2016) a few hardy residents

Distant view of what's left of South Pass City, a mining boomtown of 2...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. South Pass City has an unrelated and important role in history. One of the first arrivals to South Pass City, in 1869, was Esther Hoba... More

Road through South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

Road through South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

Sunset in South Pass, the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley (two nearby valleys, actually) through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

Sunset in South Pass, the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley (t...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: Gates Frontiers Fund Wyoming Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph... More

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

South Pass (two nearby passes, really) formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

South Pass (two nearby passes, really) formed the most-traveled and mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

A small, remote corral in South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A small, remote corral in South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

Cabin in South Pass City, a mining boomtown of 2,000 people in the 1860s in what is now Fremont County, Wyoming, that by 1949 was a ghost town. Over time miners, speculators, and businessmen, finding little gold and suffering in the region's winter blizzards and unrelenting summer heat, abandoned the town, which is named for the surrounding valley that proved the most reliable route through the Rocky Mountains for emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails. Now a historic site, South Pass City once again has (in 2016) a few hardy residents

Cabin in South Pass City, a mining boomtown of 2,000 people in the 186...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. South Pass City has an unrelated and important role in history. One of the first arrivals to South Pass City, in 1869, was Esther Hoba... More

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the most-traveled and most-trusted low valley through the fearsome Rocky Mountains for 19th-Century westward emigrants on the Oregon, Mormon, and California trails, which followed much the same route to this point and beyond before diverging, as well as Pony Express riders

A portion of South Pass (two nearby passes, really) that formed the mo...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. This was no stroll through a valley for the travelers. The passes themselves lie more than 7,000 feet above sea level in what is now F... More