Sam&Alice's Photos:
Casper and Oregon Trail

Updated on July 29, 1999

Here are some pictures from around Casper and along the Oregon Trail.


Fort Caspar, named for a Lieutenant Caspar Collins who was killed along with four of his 20 men at the Platte Bridge Station

Many of the emigrants traveled in covered wagons.

The Platte River at the Government Bridge

Alcova Lake

Independence Rock, a large granite extrusion where exfoliation of the rock has produced the rounded surfaces of its distinctive shape.

Devil's Gate, a cut made by the Sweetwater River through the rock is 400 feet wide at the top and only 30 feet wide at the bottom

Mormons pushed or pulled handcarts rather than using oxen to pull covered wagons

Within the interpretive center are some artifacts from the old Sun Ranch, including the old fireplace

This ranch was started by Tom Sun in the 1870s

Some early graffiti carved on some of the rocks, like this bit from 1850

The old Sweetwater Pony Express station had been located here.

Alice fixed lunch on the tailgate of the truck

People spend their summers redriving the Oregon Trail in covered wagons

The Sweetwater River runs to the west and south of Independence Rock

An expansive view of Independence Rock looking towards the east

WY319, the Oregon Trail Road

One of the few springs