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Upper Platte (Mormon) Ferry Distance: 914 miles from Nauvoo Near Red Buttes, a few miles north of present-day Casper, Wyoming, the Latter-day Saints established what was probably the first commercial ferry on the Platte River.
The site also includes a replica of the Mormon ferry that was operated there between 1847 and 1849, as well as a model of part of the bridge that later replaced the ferry. In early December members of a living history group portraying a company of the 3rd US Infantry host a historical reenactment at the site.
3 dni temu · Star Valley is a 45-mile-long valley on the Wyoming- Idaho border, about 90 minutes from the airport, that comprises the towns of Afton, Thayne, Star Valley, and Alpine. There are plenty of out-of-the-ordinary sights to see in Star Valley, like the World’s Largest Elkhorn Antler Arch in Afton. The 75-foot-wide arch comprises 3,011 elk antlers ...
Originally known to trappers and explorers (1830-1847) as Upper Crossing of the North Platte River, it became the Mormon Ferry in 1847. (A historical marker located in Casper in Natrona County, Wyoming.)
25 kwi 2016 · This Mormon Ferry, as it came to be known, was the first commercial ferry at the upper crossing of the Platte, operating about where the bridge on Wyoming Boulevard crosses now between Casper and its suburb of Mills, Wyo.
8 lis 2014 · The Oregon, Mormon Pioneer and California trails all cross Wyoming in the central and most popular corridor of this migration. The trails followed the North Platte and Sweetwater rivers west to South Pass, after which they divided into various routes bound for Oregon, Utah or California.
17 wrz 2015 · This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Waterways & Vessels. In addition, it is included in the Mormon Pioneer Trail series list. A significant historical date for this entry is June 12, 1847. Location. 42° 50.26′ N, 106° 22.292′ W. Marker is in Casper, Wyoming, in Natrona County.
