8 нояб. 2014 г. · South Pass got its name to distinguish it from the tedious and difficult northern route through the Rocky Mountains taken in 1805 and 1806 by ...

South Pass was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961. Wyoming Highway 28 traverses the modern pass, roughly following the route of the Oregon Trail. History · Topography

South Pass was the most important landmark on the Oregon Trail; the key to westward migration. Without South Pass, wagon travel across the continent would have ...

21 апр. 2023 г. · Thanks to its large width—20 miles—and gradual incline, pioneers used this mountain pass to cross the Rockies with handcarts and wagons. They ...

12 февр. 2019 г. · South Pass was perhaps the most important landmark along the emigrant trails. It marked the end of the long ascent to the Continental Divide.

The Oregon Trail was a wagon road stretching 2170 miles from Missouri to Oregon's Willamette Valley. It was not a road in any modern sense, only parallel ruts ...

A detailed description of the discovery of South Pass, and what would become the Oregon Trail, including a map, is covered in the Robert Stuart article.

A 20-mile (32-km) gap in the Rocky Mountains that offered the lowest (and easiest) crossing of the Continental Divide.

This field trip to the monuments right at South Pass follows about 3 miles of maintained county roads and less than 1 mile of original two-track wagon trail.