Oregon Trail in Fort Laramie -- US 26, downtown Fort Laramie WY - Wagon Roads and Trails on Waymarking.com

This 1926 official Oregon Trail marker has the beautiful medallion designed by James Earl Fraser in a concrete base. It stands along US 26 in the lawn of the Fort Laramie visitor Center downtown.

Although an Oregon Trail medallion is affixed to this monument, it is dedicated to all the pioneers on the three major emigrant trails (The Oregon Trail, the California Trail, and the Mormon Pioneer Trail) that passed through Fort Laramie on the way west.

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The marker reads as follows:

"[OT medallion]

To all Pioneers
who passed this way
To win and hold the West

Trail Crossed
one mile south of this point

Erected by
Ft. Laramie citizens and friends
1932"

Road of Trail Name: Oregon-California-Mormon Pioneer Trails State: Wyoming County: Goshen Historical Significance: The Oregon-California-Mormon Pioneer emigrant trails moved over 100,000 people west from 1849-1869. Years in use: 1849-1869 How you discovered it: Learned about it in history classes Book on Wagon Road or Trial: Covered Wagon Women -- Vols 1 and 2, by Kenneth Holmes Handcarts to Zion: The Story of a Unique Western Migration, 1856-1860, by LeRoy R. and Ann W. Hafen With Golden Visions Bright Before Them: Trails to the Mining West, 1849-1852 (Overland West Series), by Will Bagley Website Explination: http://www.historynet.com/oregon-trail Why?: Pioneers used these trails to head west -- chasing new lands, gold, or religious freedom Directions: US 26 at the Fort Laramie Visitor Center

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