101 ► Wyoming, Natrona County, Mills — Emigrant Gap Historical Site —

On Poison Spider Road (Emigrant Trail Road) (County Route 201) near County Route 306, on the right when traveling west.

Many emigrant pioneers passed through this gap, or opening, in Emigrant Ridge between the 1840’s and the 1880’s as they traveled the Oregon-Mormon Trail by oxen-drawn wagons, on horseback, or on foot. The trail generally followed the North Platte . . . — — Map (db m92013) HM

102 ► Wyoming, Natrona County, Mills — Oregon Trail —

On Platte Avenue near 9th Street, on the right when traveling north.

Marked by the State of Wyoming 1914 Lieutenant Caspar W. Collins killed by Sioux Indians near this spot July 26, 1865 — — Map (db m164495) HM

103 ► Wyoming, Natrona County, Mills — 13 — The “Mormon” Ferry —

On 9th Street near Southwest Wyoming Boulevard, on the left.

First commercial ferry on the Platte River was established 1/2 mile south of here in June 1847 by “Mormon” pioneers on their way to the valley of the Great Salt Lake. Brigham Young directed nine men to remain to operate the ferry. They . . . — — Map (db m91916) HM

104 ► Wyoming, Natrona County, Mills — The Town of Mills —

On Platte Avenue near 9th Street, on the left when traveling north.

In 1919 the Mills Construction Company purchased a major portion of this area to mine sand and gravel from the floor plain of the North Platte River. This material was hauled by horse and wagon to the Midwest refinery (now Amoco) to build roads and . . . — — Map (db m92010) HM

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