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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

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

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

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

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

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