Copyright: 75.2.1 Parting of the Ways trail ruts, 1964
Name/Title
Parting of the Ways Photos, 1964
Entry/Object ID
P1975.2.1
Description
Parting of the Ways Photos, 1964. Two color photos of monument and area where the Oregon Trail separated from the California Trail.
95.1P.part1 = Close-up of stone historical marker inscribed with ox drawn wagon. Inscribed: "Parting of the Ways. This marks a fork in the trail right to Oregon, left to Utah and California. 1812 Robert Stuart and eastbound Astorians used South Pass gateway. 1824 Eleven westbound Ashley-Henry men led by Jedediah Smith and Thomas Fitzpatrick. 1832 N. Wyeth and Capt. BLE Bonneville parties. 1836 Missionaries M. Whitman and H.H. Spalding and wives. 1841 Bartleson-Bidwell party. 1852 Peak year estimated 40.000 emigrants. Erected..1956"
95.1P.part2 = Distance view of landscape surrounding area of historic marker, showing trail ruts. Maude Reynolds standing in trail. Legend." On the South Pass of Wyoming, beyond Pacific Springs, there was a 'parting of the ways' for those pioneers on their way to Oregon and those on their way to California. The Pony Express riders too the left fork that led through Utah and Nevada lands to California." Wyo. '64" A monument to the division point has been placed near the present highway 28."
old digital file name: WYSouthPassStation2 & WYSouthPassStation4
Made/Created
Artist
Reynolds, Don
Date made
1964
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
Parting of the Ways, Oregon Trail, Oregon-California Trail
