Leaving Utah
I-80

Beautiful Scenery
I believe this is
Castle Rock

Leaving Utah to Wyoming
Typical scenery of farms

Close to Bear River
Visitor's Center

Bear River Visitor's Center

The first company of pioneers led by Brigham Young camped at Bear River Crossing Camp, July 11, 1847

Buffalo
Bear River Visitor's Center
Yes you want that electric fence!

Buffalo and flimsy fence

Bear River Visitor's Center

Ft Bridger
Established in 1843 by
Jim Bridger and
Louis Vasquez

"I have established a small fort, with a blacksmith shop and a supply of iron in the road of the emigrants on Black Fork of Green River, which promises fairly . . ." Thus spoke Jim Bridger in a letter he dictated to would-be suppliers in 1843. While that small fort only lasted a little more than a decade, Bridger's words did prove to be prophetic. Not only did the location "promise fairly," it proved to be one of the main hubs of westward expansion used by mountain men and Indians to emigrants and Mormon pioneers, the U.S. Army, the Pony Express, the Overland Stage and the Union Pacific Railroad. If it happened in the opening of the American West, it affected, or was affected by, Fort Bridger.

Cabin
Old Ft. Bridger

Cabins
Old Ft. Bridger

Note the flag pole
Mast of a ship

Old Ft. Bridger

The Mormon pioneers arrived here July 7, 1847. At that time the fort consisted of only two log houses, a small enclosed yard, and about fifty people. The old fort has been reconstructed. Most of the fort was from a later date.

Clerk in Old Fort

Items representing the old days are for sale.

Old Trading Post

Trading Post Wall

Guard House

Mary and Char
Ft. Bridger

Guard's Bed
Very hard and short to
keep the guards awake