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Cheyenne, WY 82002
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Oregon Trail Ruts

Oregon Trail Ruts

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Guernsey State Park
Box 429
Guernsey, WY 82214
(307) 864-2176 (Office)
Todd Stevenson - Superintendent

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Site Facilities

U.S. Highway 26, Interstate 25 (exit 92)

Brief History

The Oregon Trail was one of the primary routes used by emigrants heading westward across the American continent in the 1840s. Although many remnants of the trail can be seen in Wyoming, the Oregon Trail tracks here are notable because they were cut into solid rock. A short trail leads uphill to four-foot deep gouges cut by the wheels of thousands of wagons. This site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1975.
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