Independence Rock is a large granite rock, approximately 130 feet high, 1,900 feet long, and 850 feet wide, which is in southwestern Natrona County, Wyoming, United States, along Wyoming Highway 220.
Names right on Independence Rock, particularly of R. McCord in 1850
Names carved on Independence Rock, particularly of W.R.R. Thompson, W. Pierce, J. Ware and J.S.O. Ward in 1861
A sign in front of Independence Rock describing the history of the site, taken in 2011.
The Sweetwater River is a 238-mile long tributary of the North Platte River, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. As a part of the Mississippi River system, its waters eventually reach the Gulf of Mexico.