After the emigrants who had detoured south to Fort Bridger had made their repairs and stocked their supplies, it was time to travel on and the next stop on the Oregon Trail for most would be Fort ...

After leaving Fort Bridger, the Oregon Trail veered back northwest to follow the Bear River into Idaho and then to the Snake River, which took emigrants across the future state into Oregon.

Trails heading west generally bypassed Colorado because of that great obstacle — the Oregon Trail followed the ... thence westward toward Fort Bridger. Near the Wyoming border, the Cherokee ...

Later named Fort Bridger, the post would serve the wagon trains and settlers heading west on the Oregon Trail. After the death of his first wife in 1846, Bridger would marry the daughter of a ...

Founded in 1843 by Bridger and Louis Vasquez, it became an essential stop for emigrants journeying west along trails like the Oregon Trail. The fort provided for travelers, supplying resources and ...

Technically speaking, the Oregon Trail began wherever someone began ... “From that point on, everybody was on pretty much the same path to Fort Bridger or a little bit before that.

Some 320 miles west by northwest of Fort Kearney would lie the next stop along the Oregon Trail for most emigrants. It was flat, then hilly, and then the first mountain pass the emigrants would ...

The left fork continues south along the original Oregon Trail to Fort Bridger with plenty of water and grass. The right fork heads due west along the Sublette Cutoff. Upon reaching Parting of the ...

Somewhat of a ghost town today, Fort Bridger, Wyo. was originally a major stop on the Oregon Trail. Founded in 1842 by Jim Bridger as a trading post, the fort was bought by the Church of Latter ...