Sweetwater Station & The Oregon Trail

While traveling on Highway 287 in Wyoming, Lil Dude stopped at the Sweetwater Station Rest Stop and was very pleasantly surprised at the very clean restrooms. Compared to other rest area's across the great American nation, this must be in the top ten for cleanliness!

Four historical trails pass through the area of Sweetwater Station - the Oregon, Mormon Pioneer, California, and Pony Express. The landscape looks almost exactly the same as it did almost 200 years ago when pioneers were traveling west by horse, covered wagons, and on foot. The trails were so worn that even today there are still miles of visible paths and ruts.

Miles & miles of wagon train ruts. Thousands of feet
walked this path.

This is the same landscape the pioneers saw as they
made the dangerous trek westward.