Bridger Trail
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The Bridger Trail, also known as the Bridger Road and Bridger Immigrant Road, was an overland route connecting the Oregon Trail to the gold fields of Montana. Gold was discovered in Virginia City, Mon
Bridger Immigrant Road Waltman Crossing 3 NRHP 75001905 Natrona County, WY
Jim Bridger (1804–1881).
Bighorn Basin
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The Bighorn Basin is a plateau region and intermontane basin, approximately 100 miles wide, in north-central Wyoming in the United States. It is bounded by the Absaroka Range on the west, the Pryor Mo
Bridger Trail
…concerned about the hostilities along the Bozeman Trail, asked Jim Bridger to lead a party of settlers from Denver on a new route to the mines through the Big Horn Basin along the western edge of the Big Horn Mountains. In 1859, Bridger had guided a topographical expedition through the area, and knew the region well…
Folds and geological structures of the northern Bighorn Basin (Photo from ISS, 2021)
Power lines crossing the Bighorn Basin's plains