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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1W7R_we-busy-ourselves-in-various-ways-historical_Big-Piney-WY.html
With an abundant supply of water, grass, and wood, many emigrants camped at least one night at the New Fork River. Laying over allowed emigrants to catch up on chores, rest and even play.
We busy ourselves in various ways - some get a fine tro…
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Livestock outnumbered emigrants five to one on the Lander Trail. A typical emigrant wagon needed four mules or 4-6 oxen to pull a wagon with up to 2,000 pounds of supplies. Emigrants also brought riding horses, milk cows, beef cattle, and even she…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TSV_19th-century-interstate-highway-historical_Big-Piney-WY.html
The Lander Trail, part of the Congressionally designated California National Historic Trail, was a shortcut of the main emigrant trails to California and Oregon, as well as to the new gold fields in Montana and Idaho. Emigrants started their journ…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TR1_rising-to-the-challenge-of-the-new-fork-river-historical_Big-Piney-WY.html
The water runoff from nearby mountains changes seasonally and from year to year. Emigrants used a variety of methods for crossing, depending on how much water flowed in the New Fork River.
Fording the New Fork: Low Water Crossing
Green River…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TR0_crossing-the-new-fork-river-historical_Big-Piney-WY.html
Frederick Lander carefully chose this place for the trail to cross the New Fork River. An island once split the river in two channels, allowing emigrants to ford without a bridge or ferry.
There is a large island in the centre (sic), and the str…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TQZ_hear-was-hundreds-of-emigrants-historical_Big-Piney-WY.html
If you were here in the late 1860's, this quiet setting would be alive with noises from livestock, people, wagons, and water. As you continue along the trail, imagine sights and sounds of busy emigrants crossing the river and camping here.
A …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TQY_building-the-lander-trail-historical_Big-Piney-WY.html
The swale (small trench) running left to right in front of you is a remnant of the old Lander Trail. It is unknown if this swale formed by repeated wagon use or during trail construction. Unlike all previous western emigrant trails - which evolved…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IZL_of-cattle-and-men_Big-Piney-WY.html
You are standing just north of the route taken by thousands of people, cattle and horses migrating west on the Lander Cut-off, the northern fork of the Oregon Trail, starting in 1858. None settled here then. By the late 1870s, cattle from the west…