Monday, August 29, 2016 Between 1840 and 1869 over 500,000 pioneers went west to fulfill their dreams, these emigrants started their journeys in Kansas and Missouri, walking more than 2000 miles for months in pursuit of a better life. When they reached the big rocks they had
seen for days on the trail, they carved their names and the date in the rocks, We spent a lot of time reading all the names and the years they were there. We found the name MOSHER, carved in the rocks. (see picture) The National Park service has had to put up a tall wire fence to keep the tourists from carving their names and ruining the history of those weary pioneers. They looked at these rocks to try and find a name of theirs to see if they made it that far..Wagon wheels cut solid rock, carving a trail that is seen decades later in our National Parks that have all the history for us to see. We learned from the guide at the "Golden Spike" railroad that all wheels are 56 and one half inches across. This means all wheels, train, covered wagon wheels, the carts wheels that the Mormon''s pulled by hand over the roads and mountains. so this is why the tracks are cut so deeply. At this site where the trail was forced away from the river and crossed a ridge of soft sandstone, the track is worn to a depth of five feet, creating some of the most specular ruts remaining along the entire length of the Oregon-California
Trail. The geography of the area dictated that practically every wagon that went west crossed the ridge in exactly the same place, with impressive results. This is about three miles south of Guernsey, Wyoming. There were so many mud swallows nests on the rocks. (Picture)
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| Mud Swallows |
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| The wagon wheel ruts in the soil |
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| See the Mosher name on the rock |
Monday, August 29, 2016 Between 1840 and 1869 over 500,000 pioneers went west to fulfill their dreams, these emigrants started their journeys in Kansas and Missouri, walking more than 2000 miles for months in pursuit of a better life. When they reached the big rocks they had 
seen for days on the trail, they carved their names and the date in the rocks, We spent a lot of time reading all the names and the years they were there. We found the name MOSHER, carved in the rocks. (see picture) The National Park service has had to put up a tall wire fence to keep the tourists from carving their names and ruining the history of those weary pioneers. They looked at these rocks to try and find a name of theirs to see if they made it that far..Wagon wheels cut solid rock, carving a trail that is seen decades later in our National Parks that have all the history for us to see. We learned from the guide at the "Golden Spike" railroad that all wheels are 56 and one half inches across. This means all wheels, train, covered wagon wheels, the carts wheels that the Mormon''s pulled by hand over the roads and mountains. so this is why the tracks are cut so deeply. At this site where the trail was forced away from the river and crossed a ridge of soft sandstone, the track is worn to a depth of five feet, creating some of the most specular ruts remaining along the entire length of the Oregon-California 
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