In this video, they highlight the Oregon Trail in Wyoming and Andy did an excellent job showcasing historical sites and educating us about their importance.
A simple fur trade post on the Oregon Trail evolved into the largest and best known military post on the Northern Plains, and is now a National Historic Site
This mound of granite is one landmark for early travelers along the Oregon Trail. Even today, it is easy to imagine the homesteaders voyaging across the prairie.
If this were a Wyoming geography class, we would have to note what geologists like to term, "The Gangplank" (El Tablon, or "The Plank"). It literally put Wyoming on the map.
The cabin made of rocks and hides was a pit stop on the way from Oregon to St Louis. The trip was the first time Westerners traveled through the South Pass.
Because of the Oregon Trail, the United States includes California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, Utah and Wyoming. We are here in Wyoming because of some very brave people who came before us. We stand on the shoulders of giants.
As a nation, we believed it was our Manifest Destiny during the 19th century that the United States was destined to stretch from coast to coast...