The first documented crossing of Bridger Pass was by the Stansbury Expedition, returning east from an expedition to Utah and guided by Jim Bridger.[2] A decade later the pass was in regular use by travelers on the Overland Trail and the associated stage line, these having been established along the route described by Stansbury and known since that time as the Cherokee Trail. To support the stage line, the Bridger Stage Station was established near the pass. The Overland Trail was used steadily between 1860 and 1869 until the First transcontinental railroad made the stage line obsolete.
In modern times, the official route of the Continental Divide Trail uses Bridger Pass Road to navigate the Great Divide Basin between Battle Pass on Wyoming Highway 70 and Rawlins, Wyoming. A challenge to hikers is the lack of potable water along this section due to the brackish nature (salinity) of water in the basin.[5]
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^U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Bridger Pass
bridger, pass, this, article, about, pass, over, sierra, madre, range, south, central, wyoming, nearby, railroad, bridgers, pass, interstate, summits, about, miles, great, divide, basin, other, uses, bridger, trail, mountain, pass, carbon, county, wyoming, con. This article is about the pass over the Sierra Madre Range in south central Wyoming For the nearby railroad Bridgers Pass and Interstate 80 summits about 16 miles NNE of Bridger Pass see Great Divide Basin For other uses see Bridger Trail Bridger Pass is a mountain pass in Carbon County Wyoming on the Continental Divide of the Americas near the south Great Divide Basin bifurcation point i e the point at which the divide appears to split and envelop the basin Bridger Pass 1 Bridger s Pass 2 Name origin Jim BridgerHiking along Bridger Pass Road in the Divide BasinElevation7 532 ft 2 296 m 3 Traversed byStansbury ExpeditionCherokee Trail Overland TrailRangeSierra Madre Wyoming Coordinates41 33 02 N 107 26 05 W 41 5505 N 107 4347 W 41 5505 107 4347Bridger s PassU S National Register of Historic PlacesShow map of WyomingShow map of the United StatesNearest cityRawlins WyomingCoordinates41 33 3 N 107 26 4 W 41 55083 N 107 43444 W 41 55083 107 43444Arealess than one acreBuilt1850NRHP reference No 70000669 4 Added to NRHPApril 28 1970The first documented crossing of Bridger Pass was by the Stansbury Expedition returning east from an expedition to Utah and guided by Jim Bridger 2 A decade later the pass was in regular use by travelers on the Overland Trail and the associated stage line these having been established along the route described by Stansbury and known since that time as the Cherokee Trail To support the stage line the Bridger Stage Station was established near the pass The Overland Trail was used steadily between 1860 and 1869 until the First transcontinental railroad made the stage line obsolete In modern times the official route of the Continental Divide Trail uses Bridger Pass Road to navigate the Great Divide Basin between Battle Pass on Wyoming Highway 70 and Rawlins Wyoming A challenge to hikers is the lack of potable water along this section due to the brackish nature salinity of water in the basin 5 References edit U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Bridger Pass a b Barnhart Bill Dec 19 1969 Bridger s Pass Nomination Form pdf NPS Focus Wyoming Recreation Commission Retrieved 2010 04 27 Bridger Pass Wyoming USGS 7 5 minute topographic map via TopoQuest USGS Retrieved 2013 05 26 National Register Information System National Register of Historic Places National Park Service March 13 2009 Wyoming s Continental Divide Trail by Lora Davis 2000 nbsp Bridger Pass is on the Continental Divide on the eastern edge of the Green River watershed The river itself is more than 100 miles west of the pass External links editBridger s Pass at the Wyoming State Historic Preservation Office Bridger s Pass New International Encyclopedia 1905 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Bridger Pass amp oldid 1119437168, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
