Oregon
Trail Ruts-Located near Guernsey, the "signature ruts" provide
a vivid physical reminder of the old Oregon Trail. Here, thousands of wagon
wheels and oxen hooves passed during the emigration period of the mid-1800s,
gradually grinding the deep ruts into a layer of soft sandstone.
Independence Rock-Fifty miles southwest of Casper, Independence Rock was a well-known landmark on the Oregon Trail. Father Peter DeSmet called it "the great registry of the desert," since thousands of westbound emigrants scratched their names on its surfaces. The rock is now home to Wyoming's Centennial Acre.