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Oregon National Historic Trail Prominent landmarks like the Devil's Gate in Wyoming helped to guide emigrants along the trail.
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Devil's Gate on the Sweetwater River in the mountains of south central Wyoming.

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Emigrants bound for western lands in the 1840-60s followed the Sweetwater River across Wyoming from near Fort Laramie in the southeast to Fort Bridger in the southwest passing by the Devil's Gate, a spectacular cleavage in stone that proved impassable without mountain climbing equipment.
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Last Updated: December 05, 2011 at 11:27 MST