Fort Bridger

Home of Jim Bridger and later a hotel

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Officers Quarters at Fort Bridger

Sign at the entrance

Aug 15th (Sun)

Trip reading is 2170 so we traveled 172 miles today and stopped at the Lyman KOA for the night. Temp is back in the 80s but the humidity is lower so it is great. We drove about 50 miles up hill heading for the Continental Divide. The elevation at the Continental Divide is 7550 feet. The land is very barren but the formation of the rocks is beautiful. We saw deer and antelope along the road. This must be where the deer and the antelope play. This afternoon we visited the Fort Bridger Historic Site. This fort was established by Jim Bridger and Louis Vasquez in 1843 as an emigrant supply stop alone the Oregon Trail. It was obtained by the Mormons in the 1850s and then became a military outpost in 1858.