Mile 1075: South Pass
"But South Pass was the halfway mark on the wagon journey [to Oregon], and by now the pioneers had survived two months of Platte River storms, the outdoor cholera wards,…
"But South Pass was the halfway mark on the wagon journey [to Oregon], and by now the pioneers had survived two months of Platte River storms, the outdoor cholera wards,…
"The primary business of the Robidoux clan was to trade with the Indians. . . . [T]he Robidoux eastbound caravans were often observed by emigrants: Howell was told by Robidoux…
"Chimney Rock was the most famous of all the landmarks on the Great Platte Road. This is not idle rhetoric. . . . Chimney Rock is mentioned of described in…