Platte County, Wyoming

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REGISTER CLIFF IN PLATTE COUNTY

"Site of Seth E. Ward trading post; thousands of emigrants carved their names here in the 1850's and later; the earliest date was 1842. Wheels of covered wagons on the Oregon Trail wore ruts four feet deep in sandstone near here; the trail is still visible.

Messages for those to follow were also carved or written in axle grease on cliff. Three generations left their marks here: T.H. Unthank, 1850; O.N. Unthank, 1869; O.A. Unthank, 1931. There is an Indian burial ground on the summit of the cliff."

Excerpt from Wyoming Place Names, by Mae Urbanek

Spectacular view at sunset by Rich Gibson

http://www.journalsonline.com/pix/ac/ae14.htm

Read more about it at:

Wyonebtourism.com - http://www.wyonebtourism.com/NorthP/Register_Cliff/default.htm

as well as the Oregon Trail Ruts site nearby -

http://www.wyonebtourism.com/NorthP/TrailRuts/default.asp

Ft. Laramie is nearby as well. This site is currently down but we hope to see them get it back up soon.

http://www.nps.gov/fola

All of these are part of the OREGON TRAIL which started at Ash Hollow, Nebraska, near Ogallala, and headed west.

http://www.wyonebtourism.com/NorthP/oregon_trail.htm

We are starting to work on the following. Looking for submissions, lookup volunteers, transcribers.

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