National Register of Historic Places

Emigrant Springs

Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyoming
Listed
January 11, 1976
Type
Site
Period
Listed
Ref No.
76001956

About this property

Emigrant Springs, in Lincoln County, Wyoming near Kemmerer, was an important camping ground area of wagon trains on the Emigrant Trail headed for California or Oregon, and is now a historic site listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is located on a "main branch" of the Sublette Cutoff of the Emigrant Trail, where the slightly longer but better watered Slate Creek Cutoff rejoins the Sublette Cutoff. It is named for a spring feeding Emigrant Creek, which empties into Slate Creek. It is located in a hollow and has also been known as Indian Springs. The Emigrant Trail splits further west into trails to California vs. to Oregon. A different Emigrant Springs in Oregon is located on the Oregon Trail. The NRHP listing recognizes carvings on rock and gravesites in a 9-acre (3.6 ha) area containing two separate contributing sites. Emigrant Springs was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

Location

Kemmerer, Lincoln County, Wyoming

Categories

TRANSPORTATIONEXPLORATION/SETTLEMENTCOMMUNICATIONS
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Emigrant Springs listed on the National Register?

Emigrant Springs was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1976.

What type of historic resource is Emigrant Springs?

Emigrant Springs is classified as a site in the National Register of Historic Places.

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