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Names Hill is located on the west side of U.S. 189 approximately six miles south of La Barge Wyoming. The site includes a monument and 2 interpretive signs. When you stop by Names Hill, stop for a moment and take stock of the history you are standing amongst.
This site is part of a popular shortcut, the Lander Cutoff, between the South Pass and the Snake River valleys. Over 13,000 emigrants used this route in 1859, the first year it was open.
Names Hill is a bluff located on the bank of the Green River in the U.S. state of Wyoming, where travelers on the Oregon and California trails carved their names into the rock. It is one of three notable "recording areas" along the emigrant trails in Wyoming along with Register Cliff and Independence Rock .
13 mar 2017 · Names Hill is a soft sandstone cliff, near the Green River crossing of the Sublette Cutoff of the Oregon Trail, where many pioneers inscribed their names. It lies on the west side of U.S. 189 about six miles south of La Barge, Wyo. in the northeast corner of Lincoln County.
6 maj 2023 · Names Hill is a series of vertical cliffs rising above the valley floor along the west bank of the Green River. U.S. Highway 189 runs between the Green River and Names Hill and closely parallels the cliffs. The most prominent sections of names and dates are encompassed in an area 4.25 acres, now in State ownership.
25 sie 2014 · Names Hill is one of three prominent sites in Wyoming where travelers inscribed their names into stone along the emigrant trails. The other sites are Register Cliff and Independence Rock. (A historical marker located near La Barge in Lincoln County, Wyoming.)
Names Hill is a soft sandstone cliff, near the Green River crossing of the Sublette Cutoff of the Oregon Trail, where many pioneers inscribed their names. It lies on the west side of U.S. 189 about six miles south of La Barge, Wyo. in the northeast corner of Lincoln County.
