Publication: Wyoming Historical Society Website
Author: David Johnson
Date of Publication: 2023
PDF File: The-Overland-Trail-in-Wyoming-WyoHistory.org_.pdf
URL: https://www.wyohistory.org/encyclopedia/overland-trail-wyoming
Description
In the wake of the California gold rush, traffic by Euro-Americans along the Oregon/California/Mormon Trail across what’s now central Wyoming grew dramatically for three years, and then, in the 1850s, stayed high. This was the old fur-trade route up the North Platte and Sweetwater rivers to South Pass, after which the routes divided according to a traveler’s destination—California, Oregon or Utah.