Historical Markers in Sweetwater Station, Wyoming

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Historical Markers in Sweetwater Station, Wyoming

1 ► Wyoming, Fremont County, Sweetwater Station — Oregon Trail — 1841 —

Continental Divide at South Pass 35 miles West — — Map (db m95775) HM

2 ► Wyoming, Fremont County, Sweetwater Station — Sixth Crossing —

Oregon-Mormon Trail and Sixth Crossing of Sweetwater River Willie Handcart Company rescue site, 21 October 1856 and burial site of John Winford and eight others from that company John Linford Born 28 August 1808 England Died . . . — — Map (db m95742) HM

3 ► Wyoming, Fremont County, Sweetwater Station — Sweetwater Station —

The modern burg of Sweetwater Station is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 287 and State Route 135 in central Wyoming along the Sweetwater River. It is a place of scenic beauty and historic significance. Prehistoric groups camped along the . . . — — Map (db m95745) HM

4 ► Wyoming, Fremont County, Sweetwater Station — Sweetwater Willows — Wyoming's Wildlife —

In summer, the trilling “Kroo-oo-oo” of the sandhill crane is heard along the Sweetwater River. The endangered whooping crane has been seen in the marshy meadows immediately south of this spot. The Sweetwater’s wide floodplain, enhanced . . . — — Map (db m95747) HM

5 ► Wyoming, Fremont County, Sweetwater Station — The Sweetwater Valley —

The Sweetwater Valley is the mid-section of the 2000 mile-long Oregon Trail. West of Casper, Wyoming, branches of that trail, meld into a single transportation corridor and here, paralleling the serpentine Sweetwater River, the trail approaches the . . . — — Map (db m95776) HM

6 ► Wyoming, Fremont County, Sweetwater Station — 537 — Women of Sixth Crossing —

Late in the year of 1856, the Willie and Martin Handcart Companies and the Hunt and Hodgetts Wagon Companies left Iowa City for their journey westward. Near this spot, these companies crossed the Sweetwater River for the sixth time, thus the name . . . — — Map (db m95743) HM

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