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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TNH_buckskin-crossing-of-the-big-sandy-river-historical_Boulder-WY.html
The place where this road crosses the Big Sandy River, to your left, is known as Buckskin Crossing. This has been a campsite and river ford for hundreds if not thousands of years, part of the ancient trail system linking South Pass to the Upper Gr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IZK_the-best-mountain-road-in-the-west_Boulder-WY.html
This maker consists of three plaques, each dealing with the Lander Cut-off.
"The Best Mountain Road in the West"
In 1857, Congress funded construction of the Fort Kearney-South Pass-Honey Lakes Wagon Road (Lander Road), marking…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVPO_pronghorn-antelope-and-the-high-cold-desert_Boulder-WY.html
Dominated by sagebrush grasslands, the "high cold desert" provides habitat for one of the largest pronghorn antelope herds in the world. This region is home to 40,000 to 60,000 antelope, known as the Sublette Herd. The pronghorn has keen eyesight …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVPM_to-all-pioneers-who-passed-this-way-to-win-and-hold-the-west_Boulder-WY.html
Route of Lander cut-off first government financed road in Wyoming. Officially called Ft. Kearney, South Pass and Honey Lake Road. Built in 1858 from Rocky Ridge to Ft. Hall to provide shorter route for emigrants.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMVPL_sand-spring-a-stop-on-the-oregon-trail_Boulder-WY.html
This site is a crossing of the Lander Cut-off, the northern fork of the Oregon Trail. Originally called the Fort Kearney-South Pass-Honey Lake Wagon Road when it opened in 1858, it was the first federally-funded road project west of the Mississipp…