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Downtown Lander
This resembles an old Western town of yesteryear. This area is sorrounded with history from the gold mining days of the 1800's. We arrived here in the middle of a rainstorm and it is still raining two days later. We decided to come this way after reading about it in the Big Rigs Book by Ken and Ellie Hamill. It is an old western town from the gold rush days. It is located at the base of the Wind River Mountains, 5,300 feet above sea level. Between 250-300 days of brilliant blue skies and illumination from the sun is the benefit from such a high elevation. Lander is the southern gateway to the Shoshone National Forest and the Wind River Mountains and Red Desert. The drive up was absolutely beautiful. The Wind River Mountains and the Red Desert and Red Canyon were spectacular. The wind River flows for many many miles through this canyon. You could certainly let your imagination run away with you and visualize the indians riding on horseback through this entire area of the country.
Historically, Lander was created to provide protection for the newly established Wind River Indian Reservation. Lander originated in 1869 as a small military post called Camp Augur. A few settlers moved in to ranch and farm and the crossroads became known as Pushroot. In
The Old Lander Bar
The old Lander Bar is a unique place and it gives you the feeling you are back in the old days of mining. 1875, the town of Lander was named aftger Colonel F. W. Lander who headed a survey of an Oregon Trail cut-off in 1857-58. His crew maintained winter quarters at nearby Fort Thompson/Camp Mcgraw that year. IN 1884, a town site was platted and Lander became the county seat of Fremont County, also established that year. It is a beautiful area of the country. While here we visited Atlantic City, South Pass City, Miner's Delight, and Sinks Canyon State Park. Atlantic City, South Pass City, and Miner's Delight were all old gold mining towns from the 1800's. These towns have been revived and are now open to tourists.
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