Name/Title
PostcardEntry/Object ID
1950.135.0461Description
Color enhanced photo. Image of a monolithic rock in three sections. Mountains are in the distance and a stream runs in front. A highway is on card left of rock.
Printed across top border: "928 Independence Rock", "The Register of the Desert" "Sweetwater River in the Foreground." "In Wyoming".
Printed on the back in blue: "Independence Rock lies beside the highway between Rawlins and Casper near the Platte River. it is famous in the pioneer history of the West as a landmark and message post. Situated on both the Old Oregon and Overland Trails the scouts, the explorers, and trappers left their messages here and made it their meeting place." "POST OFFICE" In rectangle: "Place One Cent Stamp Here." In green ink: "Jungquist."
Condition is good.
(Duplicate card of 1950.135.0381)Collection
Photograph Collection