Historic Corridor
Modern roads and highways often follow historic transportation corridors. In the mid 1800s, the California, Mormon Pioneer, and Pony Express Trails all passed through this canyon. Today, Interstate 80 in Echo Canyon follows the same historic route.
The Canyon Remembers
Sounds of travelers have lingered between these red canyon walls for hundreds of years. Sometimes, if you listen closely, through the din of today's auto and truck traffic you may hear the echoes of our past:
· the scraping of native Ute and Shoshone travois on river gravel,
· the crunch of fur trapper's footsteps in the snow,
· the whinnying, braying, and bellowing of horses, mules, and oxen,
· the crack of a teamster's whip,
· the creaking of wagons and stagecoaches,
· and the chugging, hissing, and clickity-clack of a steam locomotive on rails.
(Drawing Caption)
Walking next to an ox-drawn wagon in 1847. It took two days to get here from the Wyoming border. By Overland Stage in 1859, the trip took over three hours. By train in 1870, the distance was covered in just under two hours. How long did it take you today?
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