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Oregon Trail - Trek No. Eight: Lander Road

Annals of Wyoming 31:1:76-93
Contributors: L.C. [Loren Clark] Bishop, Lester Bagley, Jules Farlow Sr., Joseph Bayley, Hazel Boyack, Helen Henderson, Albert Sims
MAP: Trek No. 8 - August 10, 1957 Gilberts Trading Post to Green River, Trek No. 8 -August11, 1957 Green River to Smoking Creek [L.C. Bishop].

MAP: Trek No. 8 - August 10, 1957 Gilberts Trading Post to Green River, Trek No. 8 -August11, 1957 Green River to Smoking Creek [L.C. Bishop].

Oregon Trail Trek No. Eight, led by L. C. Bishop and Albert Sims, covered 158 miles of the Oregon Trail from Burnt Ranch where it went into Idaho. Fifty Nine trekkers travelled the portion of the Oregon Trail known as the Lander Cut Off. PHOTO: Courtesy George Christopulos - A marker on Lander trail near Smoot.

PHOTO: Courtesy George Christopulos - A marker on Lander trail near Smoot.

Presentations were:
1) Burnt Ranch by Hazel N. Boyack;
2) Aspen Hut by Helen Henderson;
3) Lander Road by Joseph Bagley;
4) the Lamoreaux family by Jules Farlow, Sr., grandson of Jules Lamoreaux;
5) Commissary Ridge by Joe Bagley; and
6) Lander Trail at Smith's Fork, Salt River, and Idaho border by Lester Bagley.

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