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斯威特沃特县, Wyoming is criss-crossed by several historic pioneer trails which helped transport goods, 车列车, 邮件服务及其他, eventually settling the West in the 1800s.
No other place in the United States has more miles of still-visible pioneer trails than 斯威特沃特县. On your next road trip, make sure to take a detour and see one or all of these historic trails. You’ll feel an indescribable sense of wonder and excitement as you experience the area’s rugged history.
俄勒冈小道
Easily one of the most famous pioneer trails in the United States, the Oregon Trail was a major thoroughfare that guided about 400,000 people across the vast expanse of the west from 1846 to 1869. 2,000-mile trail helped expand the California Gold Rush and connected the Missouri River Valley with the Oregon Coast. The stretch through 斯威特沃特县 is one of the most intact in America.
如何使用: 布里奇堡州立历史公园, Pilot Buttes Trail Site or South Pass State Historic Site.
快马邮递路线
19世纪60年代早期, the Pony Express passed through 斯威特沃特县 during the height of its service. As the main source of information from coast to coast, riders accessed a series of relay stations along a central trail in the area. The terrain offered mail carriers expanses w在这里 they could ride a horse at full gallop, and then change horses at the next station, which cut mail delivery times by 10 days.
如何使用: 布里奇堡州立历史公园 以及南关州立历史公园
切罗基小道
也被称为猎人之路, the 切罗基小道 was primarily used by cattlemen driving herds north and south and by droves of hopefuls seeking their fortunes in gold.
The area’s economic growth and the settlement of the West owes much to this north-south pioneer trail that ran through Oklahoma, 堪萨斯, 科罗拉多州和怀俄明州. It’s well worth the extra effort to experience it today.
如何使用: Take a four-wheel-drive vehicle just north of Baggs to the old Emigrant Trail, east of U.S. 191. 它最终穿过丹斯溪, Little Bitter Creek and Sage Creek (twice) before arriving at the 绿河 just above the Blacks Fork River Confluence.
陆路小道
Famously used by the Overland Stage Company in the mid-1800s, the 陆路小道 was used frequently as a mail route to Salt Lake City. The Overland Stage Company had purchased the bankrupt assets of the Pony Express in 1861, which offered easy expansion of the alternate route to Oregon and California. Today, the 陆路小道 is one of the most accessible pioneer trails in 斯威特沃特县.
如何使用: Point of Rocks and Granger along I-80.
摩门教的小道
信仰的飞跃, thousands of Latter Day Saints made their way west in the mid-1800s to get to the heart of their church in Salt Lake City. 摩门教之路, 正如人们所知, passed through a substantial portion of 斯威特沃特县, following roughly the same route of the Oregon Trail as well as the California and Pony Express Trails.
如何使用: 布里奇堡州立历史公园 或南关州立历史公园.
取缔小道
It’s only natural for those who break the law to want to avoid any chance of crossing paths with those that enforce the laws. So, 在他们无法无天的日子, 像布奇·卡西迪这样的逃犯, the Sundance Kid and Jesse James made a trail of their own through southern Wyoming. But today, they’re not around to hold you up on the trail.
如何使用: Take Hwy 191 south to the Utah border, just east of Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area. Stop by the old hideout, Minnie’s Gap, while you’re t在这里.
领航丘观景台
在19世纪中期, the Pilot Butte landmark marked a convergence of Native American-Emigrant relations and the Transcontinental Telegraph. As you read the interpretive signs along the ruts of the trails 在这里 including the Oregon Trail, 摩门教的小道, 快马邮递路线 and the California National Historic Trail, it’s not hard to imagine caravans of wagons passing by.
如何使用: About 12 miles west of Farson on Hwy 28.
点击 在这里 to take a virtual tour of the Pilot Butte Interpretive Site!
旧移民径
在19世纪中期, migrants from the eastern United States made a long journey westward seeking better lives, freedom from religion and even the prosperity of gold. The 旧移民径 is an overlap of the Oregon Trail, California Trail and 摩门教的小道 that passes through 斯威特沃特县 and still carries the marks of the migrants who chased new opportunities of the west.
如何使用: Take the 陆路小道 to Fort LeClede, and turn southwest until it meets up with the 切罗基小道 on the Little Bitter Creek. Follow the trail to Lone Tree Station and on to Fort Bridger, then go northwest through the Bridger Antelope Trap.