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South Pass, broad, level valley (alt. c.7,550 ft/2,301 m), SW Wyo., cutting across the Rocky Mts. It was used by trappers and explorers before Jedediah Smith Smith, Jedediah Strong, 1799–1831, American explorer, one of the greatest of the mountain men , b. near Binghamton, N.Y. Early in 1824, Smith took a party through South Pass , beginning the regular use of that route. ..... Click the link for more information. inaugurated its use as a route for settlers. An important unit of the Oregon Trail Oregon National Historic Trail (see National Parks and Monuments , table). An interpretive center is in Baker City, Oreg. BibliographyThe classic work by F. Parkman, The Oregon Trail, actually concerns only the eastern part of the trail. ..... Click the link for more information. , it served for many years as a gateway for immigration to the west of the Rockies and was later a part of the pony express Pony Express National Historic Trail, which covers the entire route followed by pony express riders, was designated part of the National Trails System (see National Parks and Monuments (table)). BibliographySee L. R. Hafen, The Overland Mail (1926); A. ..... Click the link for more information. route. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I am in elegant France now, and not scurrying through the great South Pass and the Wind River Mountains, among antelopes and buffaloes and painted Indians on the warpath. |
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