Old West New West Magazine – Your Travel & History Guide for Western Adventures. Enjoy Travel Tips, Discounts, Specials, Restaurant Reviews, National Park Information and Much More… http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/national-state-parks/wyoming/feed/atom.html 2012-02-09T20:37:15Z Joomla! 1.5 - Open Source Content Management 2008-08-30T22:42:56Z 2008-08-30T22:42:56Z http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/2008083089/national-state-parks/wyoming/a-home-in-the-west-if-we-can-just-follow-the-oregon-trail-to-get-there.html Mike Harris Mikeharris@oldwestnewwest.com

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Between 1840 and 1870 thousands-some experts say maybe as many as half a million-emigrants went West, following the Oregon, California, Mormon and Pony Express Trails that took them across the Grain Plains and to settlements in Oregon, Utah and California.<br /><br />Often progress was measured in just a few miles a day. Natural landmarks such as Chimney Rock and Scotts Bluff in today's Nebraska would be comforting signs that they were on the right track to their eventual destinations.<br />

<span style="font-family: verdana,geneva;">Between 1840 and 1870 thousands-some experts say maybe as many as half a million-emigrants went West, following the Oregon, California, Mormon and Pony Express Trails that took them across the Grain Plains and to settlements in Oregon, Utah and California.<br /><br />Often progress was measured in just a few miles a day. Natural landmarks such as Chimney Rock and Scotts Bluff in today's Nebraska would be comforting signs that they were on the right track to their eventual destinations.<br /> 2008-08-28T05:22:46Z 2008-08-28T05:22:46Z http://www.oldwestnewwest.com/2008082854/national-state-parks/wyoming/wandering-along-a-trail-of-western-history.html Administrator fazri.zubair@gmail.com

<p>Visit the grounds at Wyoming’s Fort Bridger State Historic Site and it’s like wandering along a trail of history, a tributary of the great American West where explorers, fur trappers, Oregon Trail emigrants and Pony Express riders coursed by on their way to settling and taming the frontier.</p> <p>Fort Bridger’s beginnings go back to 1843 when mountain man Jim Bridger set up a trading post on the Black Fork of  the Green River, close to the Oregon Trail. Bridger, and fellow trapper and adventurer Louis Vasquez, built a small pine-log stockade which included two log and mud buildings and a coral for horses. The buildings housed Bridger’s trading post, blacksmith shop and living quarters.</p> <p>

<p>Visit the grounds at Wyoming’s Fort Bridger State Historic Site and it’s like wandering along a trail of history, a tributary of the great American West where explorers, fur trappers, Oregon Trail emigrants and Pony Express riders coursed by on their way to settling and taming the frontier.</p> <p>Fort Bridger’s beginnings go back to 1843 when mountain man Jim Bridger set up a trading post on the Black Fork of  the Green River, close to the Oregon Trail. Bridger, and fellow trapper and adventurer Louis Vasquez, built a small pine-log stockade which included two log and mud buildings and a coral for horses. The buildings housed Bridger’s trading post, blacksmith shop and living quarters.</p> <p>