Foreword / Daniel Wallace Greenburg
Names on Independence Rock (p. 25-40)
Old Independence Rock (a poem) / Addie E. Holmberg
Illustrations: Ezra Meeker
Emigrant train crossing the South Pass in 1852
Red Buttes, notable landmark on the Old Oregon Trail
Father Peter J. De Smet, S.J.
Sweetwater Station near Independence Rock
A composite of the covered wagon, travois, Overland Stage, Pony Express, and pedestrian in a setting at Split Rock on the Oregon Trail
The famous Scotts Bluff on the Oregon Trail
Devil's Gate near Independence Rock
First wagon train into the Rockies leaving St. Louis, April 10, 1830
Charted routes of pioneer days
Chimney Rock was a landmark for emigrants on the Oregon Trail
Old Fort Bridger as it looked in 1849 to the Cross Expedition
Fort Laramie as seen by Fremont in 1842
Platte Bridge and Station, crossing of the Platte, Casper, Wyoming
Great Mormon Hand Cart Expedition pushing on to Salt Lake Valley
Emigrant trains crossing the South Platte
the great record of the desert
Names such as this carved deeply on Independence Rock.
Maps: Map of the Oregon Trail: from the Missouri River to the Pacific Northwest, with the principal connections, the forts along the line, and the territorial divisions of 1852
Principal historic sites and trails in Wyoming.