Devil's Gate and Sweetwater River Photo, 1961. Color photo of famous break in rock formation as Sweetwater River runs between the tall rock faces. A landmark well-known to emigrants on the Oregon-California Trail. A woman is standing, barely visible, on an outcropping to the right above the river.
Legend: "Devil's Gate and Sweetwater river in Wyoming (9 miles west of Independence Rock).
old digital file name: WYDevil'sGateStation.
Made/Created
Artist
Reynolds, Don
Date made
1961
Place
State/Province
Wyoming
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, Photographic
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
Pony express
Search Terms
Sweetwater River, Devil's Gate, Oregon Trail, Oregon-California Trail, Overland Trail
