| Bridger Pass[1] | |
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| Bridgers Pass,[2] Bridger's Pass[3] Name origin: Jim Bridger |
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| Elevation | 7,689 ft (2,344 m) [4] |
| Traversed by |
Cherokee Trail |
| Location | |
| Range | Sierra Madre (Wyoming) |
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Bridger's Pass
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| Nearest city: | Rawlins, Wyoming |
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| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1850 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 70000669[5] |
| Added to NRHP: | April 28, 1970 |
Bridger Pass is a mountain pass in Carbon County, Wyoming on the Continental Divide of the Americas at the south Great Divide Basin bifurcation point.
The first documented crossing of Bridger Pass was by the Stansbury Expedition returning east from an expedition to Utah and guided by Jim Bridger.[3] A decade later the pass was in regular use by travelers on the Overland Trail and stage line which was established along the route described by Stansbury and the Cherokee Trail. The Overland Trail was used steadily between 1860 and 1869 when the First Transcontinental Railroad made the stage line obsolete. To support the stage line, the Bridger Stage Station was established near the pass.
