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Oregon Buttes
The Oregon Buttes are small buttes, near the Oregon Trail, in what is now the US state, state of Wyoming. They are just past South Pass (Wyoming), South Pass, and are two flat-topped summits plus a smaller, Conical hill, conical one. For travelers on the Oregon Trail, the buttes were on the horizon for a day's travel, perhaps more. This was as they crossed Rock Creek, then Willow Creek, and, for the last time, the Sweetwater River (Wyoming), Sweetwater River. American pioneer, Pioneers on the trails used physically descriptive names for the buttes: "Table Rock," or "Table Rocks." Currently, they are in a remote area and can be difficult to get to. From the top of a butte one can see for miles, including to the north the Wind River Mountains, and to the southwest the Unitah Mountain Range. They rise about from the plain and are flat-topped. Petrified wood is found in the area, but it is closed for hunting of minerals, as well as gold panning. Near southwest of Oregon Buttes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wyoming
Wyoming () is a U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is bordered by Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho to the west, Utah to the southwest, and Colorado to the south. With a population of 576,851 in the 2020 United States census, Wyoming is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, least populous state despite being the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 10th largest by area, with the List of U.S. states by population density, second-lowest population density after Alaska. The state capital and List of municipalities in Wyoming, most populous city is Cheyenne, Wyoming, Cheyenne, which had an estimated population of 63,957 in 2018. Wyoming's western half is covered mostly by the ranges and rangelands of the Rocky Mountains, while the eastern half of the state is high-elevation prairie called the High Plains (United States), High Plains. It is drier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
